Opposition Quotes

679 Opposition quotes by 546 unique authors

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything. — Marco Rubio
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him. — Friedrich Schiller
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. — Joseph Stalin
President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who… — Jon Stewart
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? — James Thurber
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take… — James Thurber
You need to hunt something that can shoot back at you to really classify yourself as a hunter. You need to understand the feeling of… — Jesse Ventura
Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns. — Juan Williams
Hikes in the debt ceiling - without any political demands from the opposition party - had been routine until President Obama took office. — Juan Williams
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. — Virginia Woolf
If all opposition were curtailed, if all maladies were removed, then the primary purposes of the Father's plan would be frustrated. — David A. Bednar
A vibrant civil society can challenge those in power by documenting corruption or uncovering activities like the murder of political enemies. In democracies, this function… — Evgeny Morozov
Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. — Jane Austen
I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born, in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality, and against the… — Charles Dickens
How strange to have failed as a social creature—even criminals do not fail that way—they are the law's "Loyal Opposition," so to speak. But the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perseverance means to continue in a given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of obstacles, opposition, and other counterinfluences...Perseverance is a… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself… — Henry David Thoreau
The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves. — Vladimir Lenin
The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be… — William Ellery Channing
Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection,… — Simone Weil
...religion is a tool to bind people together, to strengthen their unity, but like every tool, it can be mismanaged, even used in opposition to… — Deepak Chopra
Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress... — John Muir
The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the… — Anthony Burgess
you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way. — Susanna Clarke
Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs a million. — Mark Twain

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