Opposition Quotes · Page 2

“Make use of every friend— and every foe.”

— Alexander Pope

“Opposites do not share opposition.”

— Raheel Farooq

Opposition is not necessarily enmity.

— Sigmund Freud

The duty of an Opposition is to oppose.

— Lord Randolph Churchill

What's the Matter with the Mill?

— Memphis Minnie

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“Opposition is often illusory.”

— Rebecca Solnit

“Premature action alerts the opposition.”

— Lindsey Davis

It's just not normal when one after another opposition politician ends up in jail.

— Vitali Klitschko

My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition.

— Georges Pompidou

My record of opposition to illegal immigration is unquestioned.

— Ann Wagner

All things come into being through opposition and all are in flux like a river

— Heraclitus

Opposition doesn't mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.

— Bashar al-Assad

An opinion which excites no opposition at all is not worth having!

— Marie Corelli

It is not opposition but indifference which separates men.

— Mary Parker Follett

It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.

— Walter Bagehot

While it [tolerance] is more or less quietly and constitutionally withdrawn from the opposition, it is made compulsory behavior with respect to…

— Herbert Marcuse

All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority…

— Bertrand Russell

I don't see the point of belonging to a party on the increasingly dubious assumption that it's slightly less bad than the…

— Bret Stephens

There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other.

— Max Planck

Opposition doesn't prevent the presence of God, it provides an opportunity to prove the presence of God.

— Steven Furtick

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

An unelected opposition in Parliament cannot change the PAP. GE 2011 and the Government's response to shift to the left proved that.

— Pritam Singh

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the…

— Mary J. Blige

In Deuteronomy 11, God offers Israel a choice; either a life of productivity and enjoyment made possible by obedience to Him, or…

— Max Anders

At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the…

— Samantha Power

Great leaders inspire. They maintain a hopeful attitude, even in the face of discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant opposition. People don't…

— Rick Warren

Much more should have been achieved by a Labour Government in office and Labour pressure in opposition. Against the dogged resistance to…

— Anthony Crosland

If you live in the [Middle East] area, you see [U.S actions] as part of a continuing drive for dominance, and with…

— Edward Said

You want to have a loving, safe relationship with your child, but you can't because you have to do these things to…

— Jack Coleman

“The walls we build around us to keep the noise out only reverberate the same ideas, notions and beliefs we enforce, leaving…

— Aysha Taryam

I guess 35 years ago, I thought we had more of a democracy than we actually do. Majority support doesn't help unless…

— Gloria Steinem

Just wait and see this stuff play out as it does. But if, for example, why would he say some human activity…

— Rush Limbaugh

When we give thanks in all things, we see hardships and adversities in the context of the purpose of life... We are…

— Dallin H. Oaks

Consider the impasse of a one God universe. He is all-knowing and all-powerful. He can't go anywhere since He is already everywhere.…

— William S. Burroughs

Official opposition to overall economic planning and planning controls has been characterized in a recent editorial as "Papa knows best." But it…

— John James Cowperthwaite

If the Revolution has the right to destroy bridges and art monuments whenever necessary, it will stop still less from laying its…

— Leon Trotsky

Mr. Assad is not going to be able to feel like there is a moderate opposition that actually threatens him. Currently, the…

— Vijay Prashad

The public's continuing ambivalence about cultural matters is all the more striking given that the political conversation on these issues has for…

— Ellen Willis

The opposition of instinct and reason is mainly illusory. Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent…

— Bertrand Russell