The Opposition Quotes

I have an institutional fear of big government. I have an institutional opposition to bureaucracy.

Bill Clinton did everything in opposition to Black Lives Matter and the things that animate the existence of the Democrat Party today.

We have to remember in that Bloomberg poll, strong Republican support for [Donald ]Trump's proposal, but the country at large - strong opposition to that support.

The murkiness of Donald Trump's position is really what distinguishes him from other Republican nominees and contenders who have been steadfast in their opposition to LGBTQ equality.

One can tell or do whatever one wants when one is in the Opposition but once one is running a state, one cannot do that.

Any man who takes Jesus Christ seriously becomes the target of the devil. Most church members do not give Satan enough trouble to arouse his opposition

If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.

Buddhism ... is not a culture but a critique of culture, an enduring nonviolent revolution or "loyal opposition" to the culture in which it is involved.

It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition.

Don't drown the man who taught you to swim. If you learned your trade or profession from the man, do not set up in opposition to him.

Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'

What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.

Divine souls suffer violent opposition from mediocre minds.

If there's no background, no foreground, no opposition, no complements, then there's no change becasue there's no subject and object.

Spiritual balance is how you deal with opposition, outside of yourself and within.

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time.

Where the states are dead set on suppressing political opposition, it's very hard to overcome that.

Hillary Clinton is more in the center of things than I am, but she also knows how to work with the opposition, which is a necessary talent in politics right now.

Is it the responsibility of the colored artist or the ethnic artist to create works that are designed to exist in opposition to a certain political structure?

An opinion which excites no opposition at all is not worth having!

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.

you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.

I think if I had done anything else I would like to have been a doctor. This is the sort of polar opposition to being a writer, I suppose.

I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.

Serving your enemies is the fastest way to learn to love them.

We need Trump to lead the liberal democratic order around the world. No other nation can do that the way we can, and it's going to be very hard for Congress to do it over his opposition.

Pure Christianity, instead of being shaped by its environment, actually stands in sharp opposition to it.

The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran]. There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.

I'm deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot of this states' rights rhetoric.

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 changing society we're living in.

No opposition politician has ever taken responsibility for his or her election failures.

There is a tradition of opposition between adherents of induction and of deduction. In my view it would be just as sensible for the two ends of a worm to quarrel.

It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of the wananchi in this major public issue.

NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.

There still is some opposition to it in some museums and art schools, but I think photography has really grown into a mature art form.

I'm always gonna be in opposition no matter what, but I can still cover my bases and do what I like.

India's a very interesting place... there's no formal opposition, but there's genuine on-the-ground opposition.

It would be naive of me to suggest that with Russia committed militarily, as it is, to supporting what in many cases are barbarous tactics by the Assad regime to crush the opposition.

Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.

To have opposition ? We have it, and you can go and meet with them. We have some of them within the government, we have some of them outside the government. They are opposition. We have it.

If you have a pack establishing dominance in an area that involves such physical exertion, you're sucking the life out of the opposition.

Mankind are dastardly when they meet with opposition.

Animals are complicated and so is the animal-rights opposition. It's hard to read motives in animals, and hard to read motives in politics.

I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war.

Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition.