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Opponents Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure…
- Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction…
- It is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness…
- If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.
- A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and…
- The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot his opponent, but…
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- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. — James M. Barrie
- The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. — Konrad Adenauer
- Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I… — Robert Benchley
- In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of… — Alfred Adler
- If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents. — Aeschylus
- Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to… — Benjamin Carson
- There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent… — Jimmy Carter
- Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. — Dwight Morrow
- The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while… — Cus D'Amato
- A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the… — Bruce Lee
- Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's. — Grantland Rice