Quotes about Opposition
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]
— Publilius Syrus
In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate the man who has convinced them.
— Epictetus
To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.
— AW Tozer
A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority: there is no great religion and no great freedom that has not done it, in the beginning.
— George Eliot
The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment... has no place in the gospel of American progress.
— Herbert Hoover
Organized money hates me--and I welcome their hatred!
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with the terrors of death. This is truly creating crimes in order to punish them.
— Thomas Jefferson
It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.
— George W. Bush
On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no.
— George W. Bush
Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
— Harry S. Truman
If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?
— Will Rogers