Opposition

Quotes about opposition

Quotes

 * He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
 * Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Reflections on the Revolution in France.


 * The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose.
 * , reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)


 * No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
 * Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, Bk. II, ch i.


 * When I first came into Parliament, Mr. Tierney, a great Whig authority, used always to say that the duty of an Opposition was very simple—it was to oppose everything and propose nothing.
 * Edward Stanley, debate (June 4, 1841). See Hansard's Parliamentary Debates.