Oppose Quotes

378 Oppose quotes by 311 unique authors

Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays… — Mitt Romney
There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and… — William Tecumseh Sherman
A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people… — Barbara Smith
I don't oppose hunting in any way, shape or form. If that's what you enjoy doing, you are free to do it. — Jesse Ventura
When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence, hatred and lies. A lesson drawn from such experiences, however,… — Lech Walesa
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. — George Will
If we don't like rent control, we ought to oppose it on political and social grounds - and not just by arguing that, thanks to… — Evgeny Morozov
The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice,… — Albert Schweitzer
He who does not oppose evil......commands it to be done. — Leonardo da Vinci
Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him. — J.R.R. Tolkien
To oppose something is to maintain it... You must go somewhere else; you must have another goal; then you walk a different road. — Ursula K. Le Guin
To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. — G. Edward Griffin
Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the… — Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose — George Orwell
From love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those things that we… — Jonathan Edwards
Limited by the world, which I oppose, jagged by it, I shall be all the more handsome and sparkling as the angles which wound me… — Jean Genet
My heart is set, as firmly as ever heart of man was set on woman. I have no thought, no view, no hope, in life… — Charles Dickens
I must spin good ghosts out of my hope to oppose the hordes at my window. If those who look in see me condescend to… — Elizabeth Smart
What can oppose the decline of the west is not a resurrected culture but the utopia that is silently contained in the image of its… — Theodor Adorno
There are more than enough to fight and oppose; why waste good time fighting the people you like? — Steven Morrissey
Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could… — Eckhart Tolle
We would oppose the turning of the planet and refuse the setting of the sun. — Dave Eggers
To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the… — Charles Taylor
A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one's compatriots than be mocked and detested… — James A. Baldwin

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