#opponent

Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents. ↗

— David Frum

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Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The Settlers want to move the line of scrimmage Westward, the Native Americans want to move it East. ↗

— David Mamet

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I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents. ↗

— Martin McGuinness

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Attacks on a politician's identity - questioning Romney's religion, say, or Obama's birthplace - tend to come when an opponent is desperate and can't sell himself. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#birthplace #come #desperate #himself #identity

Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but with actions, by reaching out, to the supporters of your opponent as well as to reassure your own supporters. ↗

— Marc Morial

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At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

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