Quotes About Opposition

Even the Founding Fathers of the U.S., nowadays considered the model of a democracy, were strictly opposed to it. Without a single exception, they thought of democracy as nothing but mob-rule.

If all opposition were curtailed, if all maladies were removed, then the primary purposes of the Father's plan would be frustrated.

When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or something else, that I could not live without some real work.

I scorn their hatred, if they do but fear me

We must dissent from the fear.

No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary.

Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair, to be brave or have a quality of mind or temperament that enables you to stand fast in the face of opposition, hardship or danger.

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval.

Much more prevalent than physical fear is the fear of criticism, rejection, and verbal opposition.

Conflict exists only when there are two opposing things: fear and non-fear, violence and non-violence.

I'd rather be a happy person with a thousand enemies than a miserable person with no enemies.

To win against your enemies you have to do the OPPOSITE of what they expect you to do.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life.

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of God, not by their intrinsical goodness, but by the reluctancy and opposition which they find in their hearts

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Balance is key, without balance there's conflict , a battle between positivity and negativity

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. You never know what it's going to look like on the other side, but you'll see it eventually if you keep your eyes open.

Moreover and above all, a considerable interval of time had elapsed during which, if, from the historical point of view, events had, to some extent, seemed to justify the Dreyfusard argument, the anti-Dreyfusard opposition had doubled its violence, and, from being purely political, had become social. It was now a question of militarism, of patriotism, and the waves of anger that had been stirred up in society had had time to gather the force which they never have at the beginning of a storm.

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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.

If I were running to be somebody, there are a lot of easier sombodies to be. After all, running against the incumbent governor of your own party in your home state is not the next logical step in a political life.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.