Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind. — Hamilton Wright Mabie Copy Share Image
We don't want to be prejudging outcomes here," she said of US opposition to scientific guidelines for rich nations to cut emissions… — Paula Dobriansky Copy Share Image
We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years… — Patricia Hewitt Copy Share Image
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Opposition can be useful. Every opposition movement is good and useful if it acts within the law... If there are people who… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Everybody is struggling to refine their views in opposition to the other people. And that's one of the most important things that… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo <2000, as fly-swatting makes poor spectator sport. (on simultaneous exhibitions) — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
When you feel the world is against you or you give up hope, you look at your heroes and say, "They were… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Russia is emerging as an essential diplomatic and security partner for the U.S. in Syria, despite the Obama administration's opposition to Moscow's… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us and whereto our passions transport us. But those which by long habit are… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It's been our experience that any time a Muslim community anywhere seeks to expand or establish a mosque or some other kind… — Ibrahim Hooper Copy Share Image
As a 29 year veteran of the US Army/Army Reserves, retiring as a Colonel and having served as a U.S. diplomat for… — Ann Wright Copy Share Image
I prefer the Greens to remain an opposition party that's able to hold the government to account. — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
The representatives of the people, in a popular assembly, seem sometimes to fancy that they are the people themselves, and betray strong… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I've had a chance to meet some of my civil rights heroes and, more recently, members of the young generation around [Barack]… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
You just work really hard and scrutinize. What is it called in politics? "Opposition research"? You want to do the detective work… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
There are Arab countries providing arms I don't know who they are, nobody comes and tells you 'we are providing arms', but… — Nabil Elaraby Copy Share Image
The great advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three. First to lay asleep opposition and to surprise. For where a man's intentions… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It was only with the emergence of the Conceptualist approaches of the late 1960s that the opposition between artists using photography and… — Jean-Francois Chevrier Copy Share Image
Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition. — Bruce C. Hafen Copy Share Image
You mustn't compromise your principles, but you mustn't humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
