Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.
Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
Historically, opposition to immigration in the United States has been racially and religiously motivated in the ugliest, nastiest way possible.
Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.
Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.
Despite my fierce opposition to the bill, I signed up for insurance through the exchanges and instructed my staff do the same.
I support the Second Amendment. But for God's sake - how can we knowingly pass bills and laws that are in direct opposition to saving kids' lives?
Our opposition to Trident is very clear, very firm, very long-standing, very principled, and we would seek to build an alliance to prevent the renewal of Trident.
The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for their livelihoods and to other musics.
I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
Opposition is true friendship.
Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women.
I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.
