Opposition Quotes

679 Opposition quotes by 546 unique authors

There are smart people on our side of the aisle who have known as early as I did who Obama was and should have been… — Rush Limbaugh
To somebody like Obama, substantive opposition is not tolerable. The objective is to eliminate all opposition - be it a political party, be it media,… — Rush Limbaugh
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters. — Walter Lippmann
The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business. — Walter Lippmann
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for… — David Mamet
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle… — Orison Swett Marden
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. — Karl Marx
He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them. — Bryant H. McGill
I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf. — George McGovern
It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the… — Ian Mcewan
From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues… — Angela Merkel
Where there is no opposition to evil, it multiplies. — Joyce Meyer
People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn't kill… — Nicki Minaj
If you're going to have any kind of political opposition in the 21st century, then it has to be as fundamentally liquid as the rapidly… — Alan Moore
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. — Lewis Mumford
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. — Edward R. Murrow
And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent… — Benjamin Netanyahu
In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the… — Conan O'Brien
The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views… — John Podhoretz
No one doubts that poison gas was used in Syria. But there is every reason to believe it was used, not by the Syrian Army,… — Vladimir Putin
I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters full of filthy… — Anna Quindlen
It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility. — Tariq Ramadan
Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business. — Mitt Romney
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role. — Eleanor Roosevelt
I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan. — Jean Rostand

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