Quotes About Opposition

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

If God be for us, who can be against us?

It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.

Whenever by an unfortunate occurrence of circumstances an opposition is compelled to support the government, the support should be given with a kick and not a caress and should be withdrawn at the first available moment.

His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.

It does not matter much what a man hates, provided he hates something.

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it.

Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.

It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written.

We're all complicit in the things we may be trying to oppose. I'm complicit in the things that I'm trying to oppose.

It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea or Inter Milan, because they have the intention of trying to stop us rather than playing a game that is more attractive for the spectators to enjoy.

Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs - even when we benefit from them.

In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will, however, only be put to the test if and when the time comes for another election, which the opposition may win.

Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world.

So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable.

In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest.

Tony Blair in opposition recognised that as long as the economy remained a 'Tory issue,' which Labour could at best play down, Labour was going to lose. So he turned it into a genuine battleground. We need to do the same on the big so-called 'Labour issues.'

The people who despise America are the editors of the 'New Statesman.' Their green-card applications must have been turned down.

Today, the tide has turned, we are destroying them.

Bureaucrats lodged deep in agencies slow the impact of Trump's demands. Low-level staffers leak private meetings. The Department of Justice has gone rogue. The Swamp, it turns out, fights back.

For some people, every word out of Trump's mouth is 'hate speech' that they have tried to stamp out for four years. Twitter's suppression of the president's tweets was the culmination of those efforts.

In my twenties, I was virulently opposed to anyone commenting on my appearance, lest it come at the expense of my ability.

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.