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Quotes About Opponents

According to Weick, "a series of wins at small but significant tasks … reveals a pattern that may attract allies, deter opponents, and lower resistance.
~ Peter Sims
If CAIR sincerely wanted to diminish the concerns that reasonable Americans may have about the Islamic jihad and the extent of its support in the Muslim community, they could do so effectively by condemning the jihad instead of attacking its opponents. They
~ David Horowitz
I'm in a sport where, on their day, anyone can beat anyone else if they are at the top of their own game.
~ Michael Bisping
Some enemies you must conquer, while the others you just need to outlive them
~ Conn Iggulden
Sometimes you have success and not so much success versus certain people.
~ D'Brickashaw Ferguson
Barnett is a veteran of the game, but at the same time, I've been fighting guys with a lot of experience my entire career.
~ Travis Browne
During my career, all my most fruitful victories have been on the opponents' territories, so the support of the British fans to Tony Bellew doesn't bother me a lot.
~ Oleksandr Usyk
Even if feminists tear down the bogeyman patriarchy and dominate men in all areas of life, they still won't be happy because deep down, they'll know it's a false victory. Achievement obtained by lowering your opponent to your standard as opposing to rising and surpassing their standard of output isn't achievement. It's mediocrity.
~ Dana Loesch
Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.
~ Unknown
Well, anyway, by the time it got ready to vote, it looked like a fella wouldn't be able to have no fun at all anymore, if my opponents were elected. About all a fella would be able to do, without getting arrested, was to drink sody-pop and maybe kiss his wife. And no one liked the idea very much, the wives included.
~ Jim Thompson
It is always better to admire the best among our foes rather than the worst among our friends. Wouldn't you agree, Commandant?
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
Our foes will provide us with arms.
~ Virgil
Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers' cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.
~ Vladimir Lenin
A sweet thing, perspective - a chance to see your enemies so small.
~ Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
the issue is not whether I agree with someone but rather how I treat someone with whom I profoundly disagree. We Christians are called to use the "weapons of grace," which means treating even our opponents with love and respect.
~ Philip Yancey
We Christians are called to use the "weapons of grace," which means treating even our opponents with love and respect.
~ Philip Yancey
I wouldn't say that I'm the most avoided man in boxing, but a few guys might avoid me in the middleweight division.
~ Daniel Jacobs
I've seen Thompson before, as I keep my eye on everyone in the division, as I might one day fight them.
~ Liam Smith
Anybody in the division's top 15 I would love to fight.
~ Stephen Thompson
Georges kind of cleaned out the division of all the contenders. But while he was doing that, there were some other guys that were coming to take their place.
~ Carlos Condit
The movement designated as "liberalism" is regarded as "liberal" only by its friends; to its opponents it seems to involve a narrow ignoring of many relevant facts.
~ J. Gresham Machen
The great thing about attackers is that there are so many to choose from!
~ Daniel J. Bernstein
Obviously, Ian Paisley and I were regarded as very bitter opponents. When we decided in March 2007 to govern together, both of us understood that we weren't going to change our views but that we had to work with one another if we were to end the conflict and move forward.
~ Martin McGuinness
The most famous and one of the most thoroughgoing opponents of bank credit was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson reacted to the panic of 1819 as a confirmation of his pessimistic views on banks.
~ Murray Rothbard