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opposition
«There has been opposition to every innovation in the history of man, with the possible exception of the sword»
Author: Benjamin Dana
| About:
History
| Keywords:
exception, History of, innovation, opposition, sword, The History, The History of, The Sword
«Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.»
Author: Orison Swett Marden
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Success
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accomplish, against, Against All Odds, and the, at odds, courage, encountered, is not, maintained, measured, measure up, odds, opposition, oppositions, overwhelm, overwhelming, overwhelms, struggle, success, The opposition
«President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader.»
Author: Jon Stewart
(Actor, Comedian)
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American President, display, hundreds, massive, Nader, opposition, President Bush, remained, supported, undeterred, voters, voting
«The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.»
Author: Karl Marx
(Philosopher)
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Absence,
Peace,
Socialism
| Keywords:
opposition, socialism
«The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny. . . . In war, then, as in peace, assert the freedom of speech and of the press. Cling to this as the bulwark of all our rights and privileges.»
Author: William Ellery Channing
(Author, Clergyman)
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admitted, assert, asserts, bulwark, cling, cling to, declare, declared, declared war, declare war, doctrine, freedom of speech, hush, hushed, Hushing, opposition, privileges, propagated, propagates, propagating, Rights and privileges, rulers, screened, scrutiny, sentiment, the press, unworthy, unworthy of, war cry
«Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution»
Author: George Eliot
(Novelist)
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christen, christened, christening, opposition, persecution
«Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.»
Author: Stephen R. Covey
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Adversity,
Challenge,
Overcoming
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adversity, Challenges, develop, lifting, muscles, opposition, oppositions, overcoming, physical, such as, weights