Hostility Quotes

242 quotes by 204 authors

I've been in politics long enough to expect criticism and hostility. But I was unprepared for the hatred I get from Christians. Why do Christians… — William J. Clinton
It feels much nobler to feel guilty than resentful, and it takes more courage to express resentment than guilt. With expressing guilt you expect to… — Frederick Salomon Perls
For a hundred years, modern painters, stubbornly and in the face of incessant hostility, have moved, step by step, leaving superb monuments by the wayside,… — Robert Motherwell
On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation. — Wilhelm Reich
I believe that prayer in public schools should be voluntary. It is difficult for me to see how religious exercises can be a requirement in… — Gerald R. Ford
The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to… — Lyndon B. Johnson
The War on Drugs, cloaked in race-neutral language, offered whites opposed to racial reform a unique opportunity to express their hostility toward blacks and black… — Michelle Alexander
Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. — Stanley Milgram
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. — Sigmund Freud
Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased… — Quentin Crisp
Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow… — Roger Ebert
I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack,… — Fred F. Fielding
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. — Thomas Jefferson
In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on… — Thomas Jefferson
The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility. — John Keats
There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion. — Jeane Kirkpatrick
There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of… — Charles Kuralt
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Every time you see a black romance, it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has… — Bernie Mac

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