opposition quotes

Where there is no opposition to evil, it multiplies.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.

A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people’s hope.

In the late Fifties and early Sixties, opposition to state terror and aggression and torture and so on was zero. That was a horrible time: the massive Kennedy terror operation against Cuba, the first attacks on Vietnam in 1962, the imposition of national security states in South America.

The very word ‚secrecy‘ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It’s a battle you can’t hope to win – it’s a battle that’s going to go on forever. It’s part of the human condition.

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

I have something in common with Nazis in that I am opposed to the radical Left. And when you oppose the radical Left, you end up being a part of a much larger group that includes Nazis in it.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

As I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis‘ future.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

The traditional stand adopted by the Cuban Revolution, which was always opposed to any action that could jeopardize the life of civilians, is well known.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

I’m opposed to fundamentalism in any form.

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

To you I’m an atheist; to God, I’m the Loyal Opposition.

‚A living dog is better than a dead lion.‘ Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don’t care anything about it.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.