Opposition Quotes

679 quotes by 546 authors

There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by commercial firms that… — Peter Singer
I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before… — Mahatma Gandhi
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down… — Harry S. Truman
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do… — Robert A. Heinlein
This earth is not our home. We are away at school, trying to master the lessons of "the great plan of happiness" so we can… — Bruce C. Hafen
The path to eternal life is not on a plateau. Rather, it is an incline, ever onward and upward. Hence, ever-increasing spiritual understanding and energy… — Keith K. Hilbig
We don't want to be prejudging outcomes here," she said of US opposition to scientific guidelines for rich nations to cut emissions by 25-40 percent… — Paula Dobriansky
The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political discourse where comments… — Richard Lindzen
I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a… — Kenneth Clarke
It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing, described from opposite… — Unknown Author
It is not surprising that liberals believed in progress. The idea of progress justified the entire transition from feudalism to capitalism. It legitimated the breaking… — Immanuel Wallerstein
The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for… — Georges Bataille
Upon the whole I doubt whether the Benefits of opposition to the Constitution opposition to the Constitution will not ultimately be productive of more good… — George Washington
But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of… — James Madison
My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is such that certain… — Henry Ford
Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against… — Sigmund Freud
Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of desire to marry on both, nothing stands in the way… — Cyril Connolly
The representatives of the people, in a popular assembly, seem sometimes to fancy that they are the people themselves, and betray strong symptoms of impatience… — Alexander Hamilton
[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to give… — Alexander Hamilton

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