Opposition Quotes
679 quotes by 546 authors
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When men, engaged in unjustifiable pursuits, are aware that obstructions may come from a quarter which bare apprehension of opposition from doing what they would…
— Alexander Hamilton
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When one is loyal to the truth, we say he is a person of integrity. When one is loyal to the truth under intense opposition,…
— Royden G. Derrick
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The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. He is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition and to bring…
— Martin Luther
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The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many ingenious men from…
— Robert Fulton
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Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory
— Jimmy Cliff
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Though love and hatred are as opposites as fire and water, yet do they sometimes subsist in the breast together towards the same person; nay…
— Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
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Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the prevalent one…
— Albert Schweitzer
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Our God...is a consuming fire. And if we, by love, become transformed into Him and burn as He burns, His fire will be our everlasting…
— Thomas Merton
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We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national…
— John Ashcroft
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I just don't really get into all that sort of personal negative stuff. My job is to outline some positive plans for the country's future…
— Kevin Rudd
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Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.
— Hamilton Wright Mabie
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Much more prevalent than physical fear is the fear of criticism, rejection, and verbal opposition.
— Derek A. Cuthbert
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In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the legitimacy it…
— Barack Obama
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Within the Nazi Party, the beginnings of a personality cult around Hitler go back to the year before the [Munich] putsch... Outside these small groups…
— Ian Kershaw
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Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the freedom of opinion sanctioned by our…
— Thomas Jefferson
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My notion of a failed writing workshop is when everybody comes out replicating the teacher and imitating as closely as possible the great original at…
— Nicholas Delbanco
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Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.
— Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces
— Ron Atkinson
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The new season will be all about scoring more goals than the opposition.
— Alvin Martin
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Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety of the power…
— Lord Acton
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