Oppose Quotes
378 Oppose quotes by 311 unique authors
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Democracy, as I understand it, requires me to sacrifice myself for the masses, not to them. Who knows not that if you would save the…
— John C. Calhoun
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I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably…
— James C. Collins
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Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil…
— Laozi
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We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in…
— Kim Jong Il
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The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and emotional abuse of…
— Mel White
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I don't see how you have the nerve to oppose this bill when you run the biggest gambling business in the world - gambling on…
— Unknown Author
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Like the vast majority of Americans, I've opposed same-sex marriage, but I've also opposed unjust discrimination against anyone, for racial or religious reasons, or for…
— Mitt Romney
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London is one of the world's centres of Arab journalism and political activism. The failure of left and right, the establishment and its opposition, to…
— Nick Cohen
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Antisemitism is unique among religious hatreds. It is a racist conspiracy theory fashioned for the needs of messianic and brutal rulers, as dictators from the…
— Nick Cohen
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If the economy of today were operating close to capacity levels with little unemployment, or if a sudden change in our military requirements should cause…
— John F. Kennedy
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It is easy to forget, since the Catholic Church is now the only large American religious denomination whose ecclesiastical hierarchy continues to oppose birth control,…
— Susan Jacoby
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This is a victory against those who promote terrorism, against hypocrites who tout a supposed war on terror and in reality protect terrorists and jail…
— Ricardo Alarcon
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I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler
— Wilhelm Canaris
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The prophet is appointed to oppose the kind, and even more: history.
— Martin Buber
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The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is…
— Laozi
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If you're uncertain when life begins, why not give the unborn the benefit of the doubt and oppose abortion?
— Jonah Goldberg
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The great fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. [People] won't be willing to take…
— Edward Snowden
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I oppose the spending of trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan, I strongly oppose Islamic extremism but don't believe that sending troops to die in two…
— Roger Stone
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Twitter is unspeakably irritating. Twitter stands for everything I oppose,
— Jonathan Franzen
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I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my…
— Martin Luther
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A revolution without a prior reformation would collapse or become a totalitarian tyranny. A reformation means that masses of our people have reached the point…
— Saul Alinsky
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Respecters of private property are really obligated to oppose much that is done today in the name of private enterprise, for corporate organization and monopoly…
— Richard M. Weaver
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I will continue to work in Washington to oppose any efforts to expand drilling off our Coasts and to challenge my colleagues to adopt responsible…
— Lois Capps
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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained…
— Georges Canguilhem
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AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save…
— Jerry Falwell
Who Wrote These Oppose Quotes
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