#opponent

A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#because #bit #consolations #contempt #false

I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace. ↗

— King Hussein I

#dividing #dividing line #exists #i #israel

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions! ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#against #always #assistance #beauty #collaborator

Politically, Obama's amazing streak of self-destructing opponents who have lain beneath his feet during his unlikely political career appears to be holding. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#appears #beneath #career #during #feet

And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good. ↗

— Ben Nighthorse Campbell

#because #bury #death #going #good