Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind. — Frank Harris Copy Share Image
All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays. — Michael Owen 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
every frontier is doomed to produce an opposition beyond it. Nothing short of the universal can build the unfenced peace. — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident. — John Owen Copy Share Image
To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known. — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? — James Thurber Copy Share Image
If Donald Trump takes the nation backwards, we can lead as a state and move forward. It is up to us to… — Cary Kennedy Copy Share Image
Why, exactly, are scientists supposed to accord "respect" to a bunch of ancient fables that are not only ludicrous on their face,… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
God ordains opposition so that he may prove to the opponents, who are many in number, to the few that God chooses… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom… — Brian Ferneyhough Copy Share Image
The media is tremendously important for all governments that are able to communicate through the it. It doesn't mean there is a… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright and dark, of pointed… — Roman Jakobson 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
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
The argument culture urges us to approach the world-and the people in it-in an adversarial frame of mind. It rests on the… — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The great have private feelings of their own, to which the interests of humanity and justice must curtsy. Their interests are so… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The character of the tribunes was, in every respect, different from that of the consuls. The appearance of the former was modest… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If someone like Karl Rove had wanted to neutralize the most creative, intelligent, and passionate members of his opposition, he'd have a… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
US opposition to Russia and China has entailed sanctions against Russia, and Russia in turn has made counter-sanctions against Europe. So Europe… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
“By saying that human issues are more important than non-human issues, that violence to humans is more relevant than violence to animals,… — Mango Wodzak Copy Share Image
As we mature personally, as our families mature, and as our churches mature, we need the doctrine of sin more, not less;… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
The laws of economics tell us that the expansion of the central state can't go on forever. Its limit is reached when… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
At the end, one voice in opposition can slow things down, but cant make a difference. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The new season will be all about scoring more goals than the opposition. — Alvin Martin Copy Share Image
I can combine the greatest love with the greatest opposition to wrong. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“I will never see you as my opposition; you're easily broken.” — P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar Copy Share Image
Though opposition is a hopeless task, acquiescence would be worse. — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
