The Opposition Quotes

If you want to understand opposition to climate action, follow the money.

I organize the opposition between colors, lines and curves. I set curves against straight lines, patches of color against plastic forms, pure colors against subtly nuanced shades of gray.

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 plumber' union.

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 him.

Women should unite upon a platform of opposition to the teaching and aim of that ever most unscrupulous enemy of freedom--the Church.

Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ's followers get from the world.

No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary.

You mustn't compromise your principles, but you mustn't humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.

OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

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

I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. [...] That opposition hasn't changed.

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

There is a natural opposition among men to anything they have not thought of themselves.

I am emboldened, not cowed, by the words and actions of Trump and his circle. I believe many others are as well. Together we will stand in opposition. I'm not going anywhere, and I won't be silenced.

The opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you

Fox News never calls up Bobby Seale to articulate a stance in opposition to right-wing conservatives. To me, giving the New Black Panthers a platform on Fox is a subtle tactic to scare people.

As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.

That opinion, which supposes personal sanctification to be unnecessary to final glorification, stands in direct opposition to every dictate of reason, to every declaration of scripture.

In opposition... to all the suggestions of the devil, the sole, simple, and sufficient answer is the word of God. This puts to flight all the powers of darkness.

Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent.

In the Middle East, the opposition is quite different than the opposition in advanced countries. In our countries, the opposition takes the form of explosions, assassinations, killings.

There is no book that has had as much opposition as the Bible. Men have laughed at it, they have scorned it, they have ridiculed it, they have made laws against it.

Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress.

Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

The vital Christian arouses opposition because he is a standing rebuke to the selfishness and sin of those around him.

MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.

The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.

If you are not ready to face opposition then you are not ready to be used by God.

Illuminate the opposition.

An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.

Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair, to be brave or have a quality of mind or temperament that enables you to stand fast in the face of opposition, hardship or danger.

Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . .

Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.

Opposition is not necessarily enmity.

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game.

If all opposition were curtailed, if all maladies were removed, then the primary purposes of the Father's plan would be frustrated.

Worthy goals are consistently achieved by enduring forces of adversity and opposition until they subside.

We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

Opposition doesn't mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.

I love opposition that has convictions.

He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces

Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence.

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

Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.

When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident.

Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.

Ideas come in pairs and they contradict one another; their opposition is the principal engine of reflection.

We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.