#opposition

I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#against #always #basic #campaigns #concrete

I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all of my energy and all of my power will be behind our flag in carrying it on to victory. ↗

— George William Norris

#behind #bitterly #carrying #country #energy

I was faced more with apathy than opposition. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

#faced #i #more #opposition #than

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bitterness #correction #distinction #hatred #instigation

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

[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by misfortune. See how Fortune, who has harmed many a one, is so inconstant, for God, Who opposes all wrong deeds, raises up those in whom hope dwells. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#endurance #hatred #hope #injustice #life

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#history #interesting #itself #men #more

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