Quotes About Opposition

Whatever confronts your faith can be a test but if it stands to oppose the content of your personality and the validity of your convictions then it's threat.

The test of your Christian Faith is to stand by the Truth of God's Word in the face of opposition without Compromise

The test of your Christian Faith is to stand by the Truth of God's Word in the face of opposition without Compromise ... JOA

Such a lot is won when even a single man gets to his feet and says No

Society reproduces itself antagonistically.

The only voice of dissent you have to dispel is your own.

Creativity is a clashing of opposites.

Well, a man can but hold fast to what he believes right, and even the opponent he baulks should value him for that.

there is nothing so threatening to systemic evil as those willing to stand against it regardless of the consequences.

Vietnam War was, to say the obvious, deeply controversial. One of its main dividing lines was whether a young American would step forward to serve or under what conditions he would find a way to stay here at home. It is beyond debate that many who opposed both the war and military service doubled down on their dissent by denigrating the value of serving and the morality of those who did the hardest fighting in the war.

Silver is stronger than the sword, and people married to a family of each other draw sword on each other.

a man must meet his enemies, doesn't he? And what kind of enemy must he meet foremost if not the inconvenient of them all?

a man must meet his enemies, doesn't he? And what kind of enemy must he meet foremost if not the the most inconvenient of them all?

If all our foes were like Al Ghouti, we would never win,' he said thoughtfully. 'On the other hand, if all our foes were like him, victory would no longer be necessary.

The Quakers were the only group in America that consistently opposed internment and offered protection for internees.

Opposing redeployment US and Dutch ambassadors were making more robust action impossible.

Damn the man.

I want to go swimming," the child said. She waited for opposition, but none came. So she took off her clothes, slowly and nervously. She glanced at her grandmother -- you can't depend on people who just let things happen. She put her legs in the water. "It's cold," she said. "Of course it's cold," the old woman said, her thoughts somewhere else. "What did you expect?

even if ballots are not stuffed by the ruling party on the day of the election, a vote can be undemocratic if the opposition can never make its case properly and journalists are prevented from reporting a government's failures.

No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that you wish were on the other side.

doubted that men would give up their power without a vicious fight.

If you think a competitor sucks, say so. When you do that, you'll find that others who agree with you will rally to your side. Being the anti-______ is a great way to differentiate yourself and attract followers.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.

If there's one thing I hate the Communists for, Your Excellency,' Foxa once said to Franco, 'it's for obliging me to join the Falange.