#opposition

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

— Francis Bacon

#man #many #opposition #out #strength

I think what separates me from the candidates is the fact that I have a proven track record of being a fighter. A fighting for what people believe in, whether it is popular or not. Despite the opposition, I stand true. Because people know that I will do what I say. And that I say what I do. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#being #believe #candidates #despite #fact

Opposition is true friendship. ↗

— William Blake

#opposition #true #true friendship

When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify the opposition. Where the opposition becomes this big angry monster, so big you can't beat him. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#beat #becomes #before #big #films

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. ↗

— George Eliot

#man #may #opposition #persecution #sweet

Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#ally #clear #clear message #close #close friend

I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to the people who go to the theater generally. ↗

— Eric Bogosian

#audience #generally #go #i #i think

People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change. ↗

— David Bohm

#change #common #constant #development #interacting

Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush. ↗

— James Bovard

#air #aware #bill #bill of rights #bush

Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#catharsis #expressed #grassroots #history #how