Oppose Quotes
378 Oppose quotes by 311 unique authors
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The questions most furiously discussed are those which have in them a basis of truth, and yet a large admixture of errors. We inconsiderately take…
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.
— Sigmund Freud
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I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's religious documents and religious symbols just as we were deeply…
— Newt Gingrich
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To oppose something is to maintain it.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most…
— Angela Davis
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
— Frederick Douglass
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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
— Elbert Hubbard
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The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to…
— Christopher Hitchens
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And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines…
— David Icke
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Many Jews are not Zionists and many non-Jews are. Zionism is a political movement, not a race. To say Zionism is the Jewish people is…
— David Icke
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any…
— John F. Kennedy
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I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
— Coretta Scott King
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Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare.
— Charles Krauthammer
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I think it's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war and, yet, you continue to vote to fund the war. Because…
— Dennis Kucinich
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It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group…
— Catharine MacKinnon
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The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and…
— George McGovern
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Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security,…
— Jon Meacham
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You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have…
— Knute Nelson
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Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won't get to choose your doctor - that some bureaucrat will choose…
— Barack Obama
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The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and…
— Barack Obama
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
— Barack Obama
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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I…
— Barack Obama
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I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one…
— James Otis
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O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
— William Penn
Who Wrote These Oppose Quotes
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