#opposition

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. ↗

— John Burns

#administrative #advocate #because #beyond #courage

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#command #criticism #debatable #does #fair

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

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#canadians #constitutional #did #government #leader

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

We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#back #clear #crystal #just #labour

Well I think all I would say on that is, when we were in opposition in Britain and Hawke and then Keating were in power here, Labor was in power here, we learnt a huge amount from the ALP's experience here. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#britain #experience #here #huge #i

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#apply #because #change #exploit #football