Opposition Quotes

I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am not anti-any Government, but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice.

The more opposition there is, the better. Does a river acquire velocity unless there is resistance? The newer and better a thing is, the more opposition I will meet with at the outset. It is opposition which foretells success. Where there is no opposition there is no success either.

Whatever it is, I'm against it.

Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other? That's how we get things done.

The innovator has for enemies all who have done well under the old, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.

The common enemy is the white man.

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

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new.

Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.

The world only goes forward because of those who oppose it.

When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all the blockheads join forces against him.

Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition.

I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.

That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously because I think our opposition, whoever they may be in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humour.

All things come into being through opposition and all are in flux like a river

I feel all those human beings to be pernicious who can no longer oppose what they love: they thereby ruin the best things and people.

We should support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

...for thousands of years human history has been a magnificently futile conflict, a wonderfully staged panorama of triumphs and tragedies based on the resolute taboo against admitting that black goes with white.

When a real genius appeares in this world, you'll know him by the fact that all the fools have allied against him.

It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.

The reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order.

The months before my son was born,I used to yell from night to morn,'Whatever it is, I'm against it!No matter what it is or who commenced it,I'm against it!'

The Senate just sits and waits till they find out what the president wants, so they know how to vote against him.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.

Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.

Albert Einstein once reported, "Great spirits have always encountered voilent opposition from mediocre minds." If you want to achieve your own greatness, to climb your own mountains, you'll have to use yourself as your first and last consultant.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.