Opposition Quotes
Most popular opposition quotes
![He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. - Edmund Burke quote.](/img/q/92/25392A-he-that-wrestles-with-us-strengthens-our-nerves-sharpens-our-edmund-burke.png)
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
![Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. - Jane Austen quote.](/img/q/92/36792A-elinor-agreed-with-it-all-for-she-did-not-think-jane-austen.png)
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.](/img/q/93/36793A-many-a-mans-strength-is-in-opposition-when-that-faileth-francis-bacon.png)
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.](/img/q/94/36794A-opposition-n-in-politics-the-party-that-prevents-government-from-ambrose-bierce.png)
Opposition, n. In politics, the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
![Opposition is true friendship. - William Blake quote.](/img/q/95/36795A-opposition-is-true-friendship-william-blake.png)
Opposition is true friendship.
![Opposition may become sweet to a man when he christened it persecution. - George Eliot quote.](/img/q/98/36798A-opposition-may-become-sweet-to-a-man-when-he-christened-george-eliot.png)
Opposition may become sweet to a man when he christened it persecution.
![Opposition is not necessarily enmity. - Sigmund Freud quote.](/img/q/99/36799A-opposition-is-not-necessarily-enmity-sigmund-freud.png)
Opposition is not necessarily enmity.
![To oppose something is to maintain it. - Ursula Le Guin quote.](/img/q/00/36800A-to-oppose-something-is-to-maintain-it-ursula-le-guin.png)
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.
![I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role. - Eleanor Roosevelt quote.](/img/q/03/36803A-i-have-spent-many-years-of-my-life-opposition-i-eleanor-roosevelt.png)
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.](/img/q/04/36804A-opposition-always-enflames-the-enthusiast-never-converts-him-friedrich-schiller.png)
Opposition always enflames the enthusiast, never converts him.