Quotes About Opposition

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant..

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me… but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

que réside sa faiblesse, est un monde unidimensionnel, qui ne comporte que deux termes opposés : nous et eux, ami et ennemi, courage et lâcheté, héros et traître, noir et blanc. Ce système de références convient bien à une situation orientée vers la mort mais non à celles de la vie. A

There was never in the history of the world a great politician who was not hated by large numbers of inferior men.

It would appear that the traditional parliamentary democracies can offer no fundamental opposition to the automatism of technological civilization and the industrial consumer society, for they, too, are being dragged helplessly along by it. People are manipulated in ways that are infinitely more subtle and refined than the brutal methods used in the post-totalitarian societies.

balancing opposing influences

Postmodernist accounts diametrically oppose reading strategies dependent on conventional aesthetic notions.

Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness.

We have to ignore the sad individuals who scoff or mock – either because they have been bought with a purse of silver or because they are too unintelligent to understand the nature of the war we are fighting. We must not allow ourselves to be put off by scorn, derision, undisguised contempt or a lack of support or encouragement from others.

There is a commonly held misconception that progress is always a good thing and that change is invariably for the better. What happened in 2020 is proof, if proof be needed, that this is not always true. The changes which took place were neither progressive nor temporary: they are regressive, and unless we have the strength and the determination to oppose them, they will be permanent.

Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.

On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.

David he'd become, but against what Goliath did he rage so fierce?

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.

Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.

We are against the beauty and fashion fascist regime that gets hyped in America and all over the world. "The Beautiful People" is NOT against people who style themselves in whichever way.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.

God is either your worst enemy or your best friend.

The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs.

The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.

The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people.