“ I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies, - opposed to a protective tariff, - opposed to a latitudinal construction of the constitution, - opposed to slavery agitation and disunion. ”
- Sam Houston- Copy
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“ To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd… ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ We are totally opposed to abortion under any circumstances. We are also opposed to abortifacient drugs and chemicals like the Pill and the IUD, and we are also opposed to all forms of birth control with the exception of natural family planning. ”
- Judie Brown- Copy
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“ The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. ”
- Francis Scott Fitzgerald- Copy
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“ There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. ”
- Anatole Broyard- Copy
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“ All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
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“ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
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“ There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self evident. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
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“ Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Doing nothing is sometimes a good remedy. ”
- Hippocrates- Copy
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“ Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization. ”
- Ann Oakley- Copy
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“ I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. ”
- John Locke- Copy
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“ The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us. ”
- Seigneur De Saint Evremond- Copy
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“ The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found. ”
- Miguel de Unamuno- Copy
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“ The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty. ”
- Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot- Copy
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“ The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
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“ To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood. ”
- Myriam Miedzian- Copy
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“ We are on the side of religion as opposed to religions, and we are among those who believe in the wretched inadequacy of sermons and the sublimity of prayer. ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
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“ When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there. ”
- Gary Sinise- Copy
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“ What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it. ”
- Noam Chomsky- Copy
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“ I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable. ”
- Jeff Bingaman- Copy
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“ If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase. ”
- Matt Blunt- Copy
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“ Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. ”
- Jimmy Buffett- Copy
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“ I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. ”
- George W. Bush- Copy
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“ I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that. ”
- Michael Badnarik- Copy
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