#opposition

The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#change #defiance #history #opposition #self-assurance

You may not be able to change the world for the better, but the world is able to change you for the worst, don't give them the rock you stand on. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#change #individualism #opposition #rights #rock

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. ↗

— James Thurber

#decline #english #english language #expression #fact

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time. ↗

— James Bovard

#bill #bill of rights #both #both sides #cares

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate. ↗

— Mary Cheney

#marriage #opposition #same-sex #same-sex marriage #take

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#government #long #opposition #secure #without

I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#any #anyone #cannot #chief #chief executive

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#differently #guerilla #miserable #opposition #succeed

Every non-political human grouping of whatever kind, legal, social, religious, economic or other becomes at last political if it creates an opposition deep enough to range men against one another as enemies. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#another #becomes #creates #deep #economic

We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#canadians #country #essential #government #issues