Opposition Quotes - Page 30

• To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength.

  Samuel Johnson

  Arrogance, Unhappy, Privilege

  Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.32

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• In a political fight, when you've got nothing in favour of your side, start a row in the opposition camp.

  Huey Long

  Fighting, Your Side, Political

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• History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling them. Wise statesmen foresee what time is thus bringing, and try to shape institutions and mold men's thoughts and purposes in accordance with the change that is silently coming on. The unwise are those who bring nothing constructive to the process, and who greatly imperil the future of mankind by leaving great questions to be fought out between ignorant change on one hand and ignorant opposition to change on the other.

  John Stuart Mill

  Wise, Men, Hands

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• House Speaker Pelosi worried about the opposition, the tone of it, perhaps leading to violence as it did in the 70s. Theres more recent examples of anti-government violence - occurring even in the mid-90s. Do you worry about that?

  David Gregory

  Government, Worry, House

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 20, 2009.

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• How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then, let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!'

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Life, Art, Pain

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• There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.

  Aaron Swartz

  Light, Law, Justice

  Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.27, The New Press

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• Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.

  Saul Alinsky

  Men, Weapons, Impossible

  "Thirteen Tactics for Realistic Radicals: from Rules for Radicals".

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• Pope John Paul II stands like a rock against all opposition in his clear enunciation of the foundational principles of the Christian faith.

  Pat Robertson

  Christian, Rocks, Principles

  Pat Robertson (1995). “The Turning Tide”, W Publishing Group

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• The vital Christian arouses opposition because he is a standing rebuke to the selfishness and sin of those around him.

  John Hagee

  Christian, Selfishness, Sin

  John Hagee (1989). “Being Happy in an Unhappy World”

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• When we give thanks in all things, we see hardships and adversities in the context of the purpose of life... We are meant to learn and grow through opposition, through meeting our challenges, and through teaching others to do the same... the Lord will not only consecrate our afflictions for our gain, but He will use them to bless the lives of countless others.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Teaching, Adversity, Giving

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• Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Temptation, Needs, Trials

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• I realize that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.

  Georg Cantor

  Views, Numbers, Opinion

  "Foundations of a General Theory of Aggregates". Book by Georg Cantor, 1883.

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• The first class opposition that appears in history coincides with the development of the antagonism between man and woman in monogamous marriage, and the first class oppression coincides with that of the female sex by the male.

  Friedrich Engels

  Sex, Men, Class

  Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Philip Gasper (2005). “The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document”, p.184, Haymarket Books

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• Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.

  Victoria Woodhull

  Succeed, Miserable, Woman Suffrage

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• Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.

  James H. Cone

  Empowering, African American, Empowerment

  James H. Cone (1992). “Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare”, p.333, Orbis Books

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• Opposition to God and His Christ, opposition to light and truth has existed since the beginning to the present day. This is the warfare that commenced in heaven, that has existed through all time, and that will continue until the winding up scene, until He reigns whose right it is to reign, when He shall come in clouds of glory to reward every man according to the deeds done in the body.

  Wilford Woodruff

  Men, Clouds, Light

  Wilford Woodruff, Brian H. Stuy (1987). “Collected Discourses: 1886-1889”

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• While we sometimes feel and have felt in days that are past and gone, to complain because we meet with oppression, persecution, and affliction, yet I wish to say to my brethren and sisters that these things are the heritage of the Saints of God. … I have never read of the people of God in any dispensation passing through life, as the sectarian world would say, on flowery beds of ease, without opposition of any kind.

  Wilford Woodruff

  Past, People, Wish

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• To oppose the policies of a government does not mean you are against the country or the people that the government supposedly represents. Such opposition should be called what it really is: democracy, or democratic dissent, or having a critical perspective about what your leaders are doing. Either we have the right to democratic dissent and criticism of these policies or we all lie down and let the leader, the Fuhrer, do what is best, while we follow uncritically, and obey whatever he commands. That's just what the Germans did with Hitler, and look where it got them.

  Michael Parenti

  Country, Lying, Mean

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• I believe we lose immortality because we have not conquered our opposition to death; we keep insisting on the primary, rudimentary idea: that the whole body should be kept alive. We should seek to preserve only the part that has to do with consciousness.

  Adolfo Bioy Casares

  Believe, Ideas, Alive

  Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ruth L. C. Simms (2003). “The invention of Morel”, New York Review of Books

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• The church has lost her testimony. She has no longer anything to say to the world. Her once robust shout of assurance has faded away to an apologetic whisper. She who one time went out to declare now goes out to inquire. Her dogmatic declaration has become a respectful suggestion, a word of religious advice, given with the understanding that it is after all only an opinion and not meant to sound bigoted. Pure Christianity, instead of being shaped by its culture, actually stands in sharp opposition to it.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Religious, Advice, Understanding

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• My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that's why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one.

  Shane Warne

  Struggle, Balls, Pitching

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• For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition.

  Rebecca West

  Country, Soul, Littles

  Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.181, Open Road Media

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• Nothing can be more idle than the opposition of theory to practice!

  Jean-Baptiste Say

  Practice, Theory, Idle

  Jean Baptiste Say (1827). “A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth”, p.24

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• Only love expands intelligence.  To live in love is to accept the other and the conditions of his existence as a source of richness, not as opposition, restriction or limitation.

  Humberto Maturana

  Love, Acceptance, Loving Someone

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• The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God in direct opposition. Men that fear God are said to hate covetousness, Exod. xviii. 21. Besides the covetous man is called an idolater and is said to have no part in the kingdom of Christ and of God, Col. iii. 5. And again; 'The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire and blesseth the covetous whom the Lord abhorreth,' Psa. x. 3.

  John Bunyan

  Hate, Heart, Men

  John Bunyan (1851). “Christian Behaviour: A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity, the Fear of God, and an Exhortation to Unity and Peace to which is Added a Caution Against Sin”, p.322

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