Doing better Quote by Malcolm Turnbull

Opposition is the very spur of love.

— Tobias Smollett

When you are in the government, you have to demonise your opposition.

— Mahathir Mohamad

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

— Ambrose Bierce

Sometime you need to give credit to the opposition.

— Gautam Gambhir

A fierce and principled opposition stops a fat, complacent government from making stupid mistakes.

— Peter Hitchens

Government and opposition both have important roles to play. While giving expression to their political ideas, both must move forward in tandem to ensure…

— Ram Nath Kovind

When the opposition sits back and defends well and together, it's difficult.

— Ernesto Valverde

Politics is a brutal business and since 2010 the Tories have been engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the opposition, trying primarily to right the…

— Cathy Newman

We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an…

— Lucy Powell

Instead of doing more badly, government should focus on doing less well.

— Joel Miller

Being in opposition takes some getting used to. As a former minister, you don't just lose your job and the enormous resources of the…

— David Lammy

Too much of politics is about performance and pitting people against each other.

— Jake Auchincloss