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Quotes About Opposition

The media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
~ Steve Bannon
By heralding President Xi Jinping's accession to permanent leadership, soliciting Vladimir Putin's reentry into the Group of Seven, and declaring that Kim Jong Un is 'beloved by his people,' Trump legitimizes the very behavior that U.S. presidents opposed for decades.
~ Ben Rhodes
If I'm going to compare myself to a candidate, it's Rick Scott. It's not Donald Trump.
~ Carlos Beruff
The best and brightest are not exactly clamoring to jump aboard the Trump bandwagon.
~ Antony Blinken
Everybody who stands against Donald Trump are the people who have been running the country into the ground, who have been controlling the levers of power. They're the people who are responsible for our open borders, for our shrinking middle class, for our terrible trade deals.
~ Stephen Miller
When Trump's cronies are the people attacking you, you know you've done something right.
~ Betsy Hodges
Some have said, 'Gosh, Donald Trump is going to hurt you.' Some have said, 'Gosh Donald Trump is going to help you.' He may be helpful in certain parts of Ohio, but I'm going to run my own campaign.
~ Rob Portman
Young Latinos have been telling me that they want to register to vote because of Donald Trump. Not because they want to vote for him but because they want to vote against him.
~ Jorge Ramos
Donald Trump is defeating himself. He is ensuring that Hillary Clinton is elected. I think they would both be absolutely terrible.
~ Evan McMullin
The 'Never Trump' movement was never going anywhere.
~ Paul Manafort
You take the opportunities when you get them, and you try to see if there's any cues the opposition gives you, but more important is focusing on your own process, trusting your instincts, and being decisive.
~ Karen Bardsley
If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.
~ Daniel Okrent
He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.
~ Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy.
~ Jean Genet
When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed.
~ Masha Gessen
It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.
~ Shirley Manson
Those huckleberries in the National League don't want to do anything that the American League wants to do.
~ Phil Rizzuto
Every gain women have made in the past two hundred years has been in the face of experts insisting they couldn't do it and didn't really want to.
~ Katha Pollitt
I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party to make quicker progress back into power.
~ Kenneth Clarke
A contrarian at heart, I am often guided by what I disagree with and don't want.
~ Rebecca Solnit
The idea of not getting a gun is not because I'm afraid of guns, it's not because I think guns are wrong, it's because it's impractical, it's stupid and it's exactly what they want me to do.
~ Oscar Isaac
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.
~ Sunil Gangopadhyaya
We dont vote in Northern Ireland for what we want, we vote against what we dont want.
~ David
It's one thing to not want an evil-sorcerer type villain in your story, but it's another thing to avoid having any sort of antagonist at all. A story without an antagonist gets weird pretty quick.
~ Patrick Rothfuss