Opposition Quotes - Page 39

• When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Self, World, Firsts

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• I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the '60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government in a mass way.

  Ziggy Marley

  Rights, Government, Voice

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every program that ever helped working people, from rural electrification to Medicare, was enacted by liberals over the opposition of conservatives. When people tell me they don't like liberals, I ask, "Do you like Social Security? If so, then shut up!"

  George McGovern

  People, Shut Up, Social

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• I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

  Victoria Woodhull

  Wish, Assuming, Speak

  Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1974). “The Victoria Woodhull Reader”, Weston, Mass. : M&S Press

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• Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

  Tony Blair

  Leader, Lord

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• It's to remind our lads who they're playing for, and to remind the opposition who they're playing against. 
  (on the 'This Anfield' plaque)

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Anfield, England

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• This is the best Man United have played in Europe this season and, conversely, the opposition has been excellent.

  Ron Atkinson

  Men, Europe, England

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• But we have the players, as we have shown against good opposition this season, we're an extremely difficult side to live with at home. 
  (on Chelsea)

  Frank Lampard

  Home, Player, Sides

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• We have to remember in that Bloomberg poll, strong Republican support for [Donald ]Trump's proposal, but the country at large - strong opposition to that support.

  Steve Inskeep

  Country, Strong, Support

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Even Hamas - Hamas is a terrorist group - do you know that Hamas came out in opposition to [Donald ]Trump`s statement? That puts the Republican Party, the Democrat Party, and everybody else in the establishment and [Barack]Obama on the same side Hamas is on. And over here all by himself is Donald Trump.

  Keith Ellison

  Party, Sides, Terrorist Groups

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Germany needs to have a handicap, like in golf. They ought to start each match with two goals in advance to their opposition.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Golf, Two, Goal

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• If you can't outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them.

  Terry Venables

  England, Ifs

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• I've always been a bit ambitious, but I do think the Green Party is the real opposition.

  Caroline Lucas

  Real, Party, Thinking

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• The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

  Michael Owen

  Team, Play, England

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• When Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in 1990, I felt America's post-Cold War commitment to national principles and international leadership was on the line. I was dismayed by the wide opposition among my fellow Democrats. To me, their position was wrong.

  Joe Lieberman

  War, Commitment, Kuwait

  "In Praise Of Public Life". Book by Joseph I. Lieberman, 2000.

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• It was only with the emergence of the Conceptualist approaches of the late 1960s that the opposition between artists using photography and photographers became explicit.

  Jean-Francois Chevrier

  Photography, Artist, Photographer

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• As for us, we were never concerned with the Kantian-priestly and vegetarian-Quaker prattle about the "sacredness of human life." We were revolutionaries in opposition, and have remained revolutionaries in power. To make the individual sacred we must destroy the social order which crucifies him. And this problem can only be solved by blood and iron.

  Leon Trotsky

  Men, Blood, Order

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• One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves.

  Gloria Steinem

  Effectiveness, Voting, Problem

  "Interview with Gloria Steinem". muse.jhu.edu. 2003.

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• Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good is one of the reasons we have a coal-dependent infrastructure, with the resulting environmental impact that all of us can see. I suspect environmentalists, through their opposition of nuclear power, have caused more coal plants to be built than anybody. And those coal plants have emitted more radioactive material from the coal than any nuclear accident would have.

  Vinod Khosla

  Impact, Perfect, Enemy

  "Power Q&A: Vinod Khosla". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. April 21, 2008.

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• I believe that capitalism, at least how it's used by major corporations, and environmental concerns are in opposition. To be ecologically aware, productivity of many things would slow down at least for awhile. Stockholders don't want to hear about the saving of the whales or some stream in Kentucky. They want a return on their investment.

  Henry Rollins

  Believe, Kentucky, Whales

  Source: eluxemagazine.com

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• He that loves the world, how active is he! He will break his peace and sleep for it. He that loves honour, what hazards will he run! He will swim to the throne in blood.... Love heaven, and you cannot miss it; love breaks through all opposition-it takes heaven by storm.

  Thomas Watson

  Christian, Running, Sleep

  Thomas Watson (1838). “A body of practical divinity, consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster: with a suppl. of some sermons on several texts of Scripture”, p.618

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• It is not only the juror's right, but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment and conscience, though in direct opposition to the instruction of the court.

  John Adams

  War, Understanding, Drug

  "Justice Often Served By Jury Nullification". www.foxnews.com. August 01, 2005.

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• There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our constitution.

  John Adams

  Party, Humble, Government

  John Adams (1854). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.511

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• Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, People, Envy

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• Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo <2000, as fly-swatting makes poor spectator sport. (on simultaneous exhibitions)

  Nigel Short

  Sports, Exhibitions, Poor

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