We must recognize our opponents' merits.

Whatever may be the merits of a religious system, its effects upon the mass of mankind must depend in an important degree upon its…

— Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But…

— Norman Ornstein

I focus on my opponents the same way whether they are a champion or not.

— Lyoto Machida

I never fear my opponent, for me he only represents a new challenge to conquer.

— Lyoto Machida

I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits.

— Cher

Corporate corruption has ecological merits. It's helping to preserve that species known as Democrats - thought to be endangered as recently as the year 2000.

— P. J. O'Rourke

As for pineapple, it's far more versatile than you might think, and certainly merits wider use than in Hawaiian pizzas and pina coladas and…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.

— Torquato Tasso

“Valys also didn't think I was good enough for him. He made that clear every time he acted like a martyr forced to settle.…

— Nenia Campbell

“Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.”

— Raheel Farooq

“You yourself desire rank and standing; then help others to get rank and standing. You want to turn your merits to account; then help…

— Confucius

Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.

— Jewish Proverb

It would be amazing if we were just basically judged on the merits of what we do, but we're not. That's not part of…

— Aspen Ladd

Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire…

— Stephen Breyer

Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits.

— Mason Cooley