Quotes About Opposition

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist in our helper.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

All governments require enemy governments.

I took the other road, all right, but only because it was the easy road for me, the way I wanted to go. If I've encountered some unnecessary resistance that's because most of the traffic is going the other way.

All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?

I am against all forms of government, including good government.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

His [Ishmael's] hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.

They are of those that rebel against the light.

Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.

If God be for us, who can be against us?

He that is not with me is against me.

Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord.

The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

I came not to send peace, but a sword.

He's not a Republican, he's a Republican't.

The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.

The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset.

However, the senatorial extremists, increasingly sure of Pompey's support, refused to compromise.

They also had to consider what to do with the defeated Republican opposition in Rome. There was one solution that would solve both problems: a proscription. A good deal of time on the island was spent haggling over names. More than 130 Senators (perhaps as many as 300) and an estimated 2,000 equites were marked down for execution and property confiscation.

Resistance to change has been strong.

It was about growing in more efficient ways. That seemed like a reasonable idea. Why would it meet with such fierce resistance?