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Opposition Quotes

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

– Heraclitus

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.

– Joseph Stalin

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

– Christopher Hitchens

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

– Al Franken

I was faced more with apathy than opposition.

– Adrian Cronauer

My record of opposition to illegal immigration is unquestioned.

– Ann Wagner

That seemed to be the case with most of the teams based in the smaller towns – the fans were more rabid, and they wanted to literally kill the opposition.

– Bob Cousy

We supported the contras. We’re not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations.

– Chris Matthews

The Opposition aren’t really the Opposition. They’re just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

– Antony Jay

Every game is different. Every opposition comes with a different threat.

– Dele Alli

I noticed that parts of the opposition have been hostile to any revision of the constitution.

– Francois Hollande

We already have a sabbatical system. It’s called opposition, and I’ve had enough of it.

– Nigel Lawson

Those of us who have not had the experience of being invaded by the Germans are in no position to criticize those who accommodated themselves to German occupation, with its ferocious punishments for those who expressed even the mildest opposition.

– Michael Korda

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

– David A. Bednar

Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

– Francis Bacon

It won’t take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

– Mary Cheney

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein brutally repressed all forms of opposition to his regime, and before the Iraq War, al Qaeda had no presence in Iraq.

– Peter L. Bergen

The chief modern rival of Christianity is ‘liberalism’… at every point, the two movements are in direct opposition.

– John Gresham Machen

Ah, but it’s nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody’s throat.

– Jack Levine

Dogma not only blinds its protagonist, but it muzzles all other opposition.

– Maajid Nawaz

For me, opposition is just another opposition.

– Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Assad’s regime helped ISIS grow by attacking other opposition forces and rarely targeting ISIS.

– Richard Engel

Congress becomes the public voice of opposition.

– Robert Dallek

Opposition is true friendship.

– William Blake

So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition.

– William Kirby

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

– Sigmund Freud

I was leader of the Opposition when Vajpayee was PM. We attacked policies, not personalities, neither inside or outside the House.

– Sharad Pawar

On the right of Israel to exist and to defend itself, there is no opposition in Israel.

– Tzipi Livni

One can tell or do whatever one wants when one is in the Opposition but once one is running a state, one cannot do that.

– Sunil Gangopadhyay

Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition.

– Timothy Noah