Quotes About Opposition

Everything in our world tends to be built on either/ors, and either/ors inevitably make enemies.

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.

Nine in the box... that's a football term.

There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me!

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

Some of the opposition to the national monuments may be ideological. Western ranchers and sportsmen have long complained about what they see as federal land grabs that limit their access to millions of acres of public territory.

Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.

We're still stymied by the old stand-off between those who wish to fight terrorism and resistance fighters.

We were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit and look-there would be a breeding ground for terrorism or a new collapsed or failed state named Iraq!

Those who stand on our side in the fight against terrorism are our friend. Those on the opposite side are our enemy.

According to the oil and gas industry and their proponents, I am a communist, terrorist, Nazi, Russian-sympathizing, anti-American, arsonist, extremist.

I am not opposed to government efforts to stop terrorist plots. We are still seared by the memory of 9/11, and we should be.

There has been no more principled opposition to racism than Jeremy Corbyn: he was getting arrested for protesting against Apartheid when the rest of them were doing deals and calling Nelson Mandela a terrorist.

The terrorists know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts. They understand that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.

When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything.

These terrorists aren't trying to kill us because we offended them. They attack us because they want to impose their view of the world on as many people as they can, and America is standing in their way.

We were able and we had a plan to launch nuclear test in 1984, but then President General Zia had opposed the move.

I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself.

I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an appreciation for the gift of opposition. When it comes, I learn something about my motives. When it comes, I get to test my courage.

If you have knocked over a batsman once - fine, it happens. Twice, OK. But more than that in the space of a few Tests then there is definitely something to work with.

What happens when an irresistible force hits an immovable object?