Quotes About Opposition

W]hat is the world but a boxing ring where fools and devils put up their fists?

Because the opposite of fascism isn't anarchy, it's theater.

There will always be people for and against you, and its pointless wasting time trying to win over some of the people who are against you. Spend time with people who are for you. Those realtionships are worth it.

Does he smoke marijuana?" I asked, aware that marijuana's mind expansion properties are the motive behind the government's adamant opposition to the herb. Since it can render mind control uncontrollable by penetrating memory compartmentalization, marijuana use is strictly forbidden in the military, special forces, among spies, etc.

who would fight the wind if it came from the west when he wanted it from the east.

Finally, we were notorious enough to give our enemies pause.

Is het niet zo, dat men in het ondergaande, het ontbindende en hopeloos strijdende veel gemakkelijker de waarheid kan ontdekken dan in het bloeiende, zich samenvoegende en groeiende? Is het niet een feit, dat ziekte en dood veel duidelijker het wezen van het bestaan aan het licht brengen dan gezondheid en athletiek op Zondagmiddag

Soft data, hard conflicts.

Men are the enemy in much the same way that some crazed boy in uniform was the enemy of another like him in most respects except the uniform. One possible tactic is to try to get the uniforms off.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.

Dico che il mondo è una lega di birbanti contro gli uomini dabbene, di vili contro i generosi.

Il nostro compito è di combattere contro lo straniero che ha invaso l'Italia. E contro gli italiani che al soldo dello straniero ci ostacolano in quest'opera di difesa della Patria, noi combattiamo per difenderci".

Il potere costituito su basi emotive è l'opposto della democrazia, che si fonda invece sulla discussione critica, sull'argomentazione, sulla ricezione di istanze molteplici: è un potere "che regredisce alla logica primitiva dell'amico/nemico, da cui la cultura occidentale ha cercato di emanciparsi proprio attraverso la politica, intesa come gestione razionale di interessi contrastanti [corsivo mio]".

Saying no, I thought, that has always been my forte, and no wonder, given that the stupidity of the world is rivalled only by its ugliness.

When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.

But friction is mostly a negative force, socially speaking. It reduces efficiency." "Yes, but that negativity prevents bad plans as much as good ones. That

Foreign monopoly capitalism and the comprador bourgeoisie hinder the growth of industry: they must be opposed by the people's democratic revolution.

She just kept on criticizing me, but for contradictory reasons.

Orice guvern va conduce lumea, eu voi fi mereu în opoziÅ£ie.

Desde entonces comenzó la guerra entre los hombres y yo.

Într-un cuvânt, am r?mas omul care nu accept? lumea, iar unitatea È™i armonia sufletelor mele opuse const? tocmai în aceast? atitudine înc?p??ânat?. Nu vreau s? accept lumea aÈ™a cum e, de aceea încerc s-o refac cu ajutorul fanteziei sau s-o transform prin distrugere. O reconstruiesc prin art? sau încerc s-o r?storn prin teorie. Sunt dou? eforturi aparent deosebite, dar armonioase È™i convergente.

Only those afraid of the truth seek to silence debate, intimidate those with whom they disagree, or slander their ideological counterparts. Those who know they are right have no reason to stifle debate because they realize that all opposing arguments will ultimately be overcome by fact.

The controllists sometimes get angry when critics suggest that "state led" is a bit of a fabrication.

And in every instance, the motive is the same: suppressing dissent and mandating compliance.