Quotes About Opposition

Everything you write makes you better. But if you really need a tip, here's one: a good story begins in opposition to its ending. That means you work out how it finishes first, and then begin the story as far away from that point - in terms of character development - as you can.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

In politics, when you become serious, you become a threat to somebody. And they usually aren't too nice about it.

I didn't realize that running as an independent would be perceived as a threat to the Democrats.

I think Sinn Fein remains the greatest threat to our democracy and our prosperity as a state.

It's pretty clear that a lot of people in politics see me as a threat, and they should, because I am.

There was quite a ruckus about the seven ladies in their simple colored dresses. I was truly dumbfounded that I was, right then and there, deemed the biggest threat to black men since cotton pickin', and not all women were in my corner, either.

When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to engage and persuade, they further arouse public opposition rather than win support.

Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it.

Those who feel threatened by you or your success will seek to tear you down.

In the 1880s and 1890s, extremists in the Republican party also threatened the future of the US. Just when it seemed the extremists' control of the government was complete, their political machinations, propaganda, and demonization of their opposition fueled a dramatic backlash.

There is nothing more threatening to Democrats than strong Republican women!

I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.

Some big teams prefer to be very strong defensively and have two, three, four counter-attacking players.

Let us continue to reach out in godly love to all homosexuals who want deliverance, while opposing at the threshold every attempt of the militant homosexuals to represent their lifestyle as 'normal,' and to impose it on us and our children.

The threshold of the Dream Act is not high enough. One year of community college is not enough... No, I do not support the Dream Act.

My reputation was built on hostility. I had no friends and some very virulent enemies in the old-guard art scene when I began. They threw their heavy artillery against me. They were convinced I was perverting the public taste.

So long as I'm president, communism will not thrive here.

America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.

Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.

You can't jam change down the American people's throat.

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you're throwing your vote away.