#oppose

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#because #been #dislike #had #may

My father came from an intellectual and studious avenue as opposed to a brawler's avenue. So I had to go further afield and I brought all kinds of unscrupulous oiks back home - earless, toothless vagabonds - to teach me the arts of the old bagarre. ↗

— Tom Hardy

#avenue #back #brought #came #father

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. ↗

— William Penn

#help #i #i do #lord #me

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

#been #capital #capital punishment #i #i am

I was arrested in 1965 for opposing the war in Vietnam. There were 39 of us arrested that day. But thousands opposed us. And the majority of the people in the country supported the war then. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#country #day #i #majority #opposed

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#authentic #being #forward #just #lean

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#hurt #i #i think #important #oppose

I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#i think #lot #now #opposed #people

The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you don't want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question. Life is more complicated than that. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#clear #come #complicated #fight #life

That was something. As opposed to nothing. ↗

— Kevin Ayers

#opposed #something