#opposition

I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#ambition #australians #become #describe #election

When I felt rather overcome with my father's opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or something else, that I could not live without some real work. ↗

— Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

#else #father #felt #firmly #i

I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. ↗

— Paul Dirac

#how #i #i do #man #opposition

A political party is dying before our eyes-and I don't mean the Democrats. I'm talking about the mainstream media, which is being destroyed by the opposition. ↗

— Howard Fineman

#before #being #democrats #destroyed #dying

Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions. ↗

— Sunil Gavaskar

#come #comparison #comparisons #conditions #different

I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system. ↗

— Johnny Isakson

#heard #i #last #last night #money

The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence. ↗

— Antony Jay

#civil #civil service #exile #fact #in fact

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#amount #certain #great #help #kites

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

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#any #being #fervent #good #his