Opposed Quotes

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I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe… — Coretta Scott King
We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it. — James Russell Lowell
We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists… — Frederic Bastiat
Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their… — Barry Goldwater
How you make it in this world, for the most part, depends more on what you do as opposed to whether people like or dislike… — Walter E. Williams
At every crossroad on the way that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past. — Maurice Maeterlinck
"I should have more faith," he said; "I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a long train of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth. — Edgar Allan Poe
All scientific theories are provisional and may be changed, but ... on the whole, they are accepted from Washington to Moscow because of their practical… — Nevill Francis Mott
Weakness is more opposed to virtue than is vice. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If we are going to save America and evangelize the world, we cannot accommodate secular philosophies that are diametrically opposed to Christian truth. — Jerry Falwell
Since most of our fears are based on dark imaginings, it is vital for us to dwell on our magnificent obsessions and desired results -… — Denis Waitley
Children make you a better everything. Daughters open up a whole different sensibility to you. When you have children, it focuses you on them as… — Andy Garcia
...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of… — Robert A. Heinlein
The closer the genetic relationship of the family members, as for example father-to-son, as opposed to uncle-to-nephew, the higher the degree of cooperation. — E. O. Wilson
The man and the woman are not really two separate entities, but the personality of the man needs the supporting qualities of the woman. If… — Rajneesh
As fire does not give birth to snow, so those who seek honor here will not enjoy it in heaven... As those who climb a… — John Climacus
When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being… — Dana Reeve
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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