Opposition Quotes

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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill.  Our antagonist is our helper. - Edmund Burke quote.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill.  Our antagonist is our helper.

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Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. - Jane Austen quote.
Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when that faileth, he groweth out of use. - Francis Bacon quote.
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when that faileth, he groweth out of use.
Opposition, n.  In politics, the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. - Ambrose Bierce quote.
Opposition, n.  In politics, the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
Opposition is true friendship. - William Blake quote.
Opposition is true friendship.
Opposition may become sweet to a man when he christened it persecution. - George Eliot quote.
Opposition may become sweet to a man when he christened it persecution.

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Opposition is not necessarily enmity. - Sigmund Freud quote.
Opposition is not necessarily enmity.
To oppose something is to maintain it. - Ursula Le Guin quote.
To oppose something is to maintain it.
The opposition is indispensable.  A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters.
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man.  Kites rise against, not with, the wind.  Even a head wind is better than none.  No man ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm.
John Neal The American Biographical Sketch Book
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role. - Eleanor Roosevelt quote.
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
Opposition always enflames the enthusiast, never converts him. - Friedrich Schiller quote.
Opposition always enflames the enthusiast, never converts him.