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I haven't any allegiance, any responsibilities, any hatreds, any worries, any prejudices, any passion. I'm neither for nor against. I'm a neutral. By Henry Miller Allegiance Responsibilities Hatreds Worries Prejudices

An Anarchist is anyone who denies the necessity and legitimacy of government; the question of his methods of attacking it is foreign to the definition. By Benjamin Tucker Anarchist Government Definition Denies Necessity

We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right. By Mahathir Mohamad Mistakes Opposition Remind Making Opposed

Beware making a person, rather than a position, the opposition. If we do that we run the risk of losing that person as an ally on another issue about which we both agree. Moreover, if we think of persons as the opposition, we may end up arguing personalities rather than issues, and at that point reason goes out the window By Elouise Bell Opposition Beware Position Person Making

There is no such thing as a parttime partisan. Real partisans are partisans always and as long as they live. They put fallen governments back in power and overthrow governments that have just been put in power with the help of partisans. Mr Matzerath contended - and his thesis struck me as perfectly plausible - that among all those who go in for politics your incorrigible partisan, who undermines what he has just set up, is closest to the artist because he consistently rejects what he has just set up. By Gunter Grass Partisans Thing Parttime Set Power

If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist. By Joseph Sobran Government Intervene Domestically Liberal Overseas

Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction. The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda. By Abdallah Ii Extremists Conflict Diversity Destruction Thrive

I'm of the establishment but anti-establishment. By Jonathan Powell Antiestablishment Establishment

A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer - that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a knave nor an honest man, but is a sort of whiffing, shuffling, cunning, silly, contemptible, unmeaning negation of the two. By William Hazlitt Trimmer Shuffling Cunning Silly Contemptible

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation. By Albert Camus Rebel Renunciation Man Refusal Imply

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The young [Nazi] movement is in its nature and inner organization anti-parliamentarian; that is, it rejects ... a principle of majority rule in which the leader is degraded to the level of mere executant of other people's wills and opinion. By Adolf Hitler Nazi Young Movement Antiparliamentarian Rejects

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters. By Walter Lippmann Indispensable Opposition Statesman Supporters Good

Opposition provides choices, and choices bring consequences - good or bad. By Ezra Taft Benson Opposition Consequences Good Bad Choices

When a party is in opposition, it opposes. That's its job. But when it comes to power, it must govern. Easy rhetoric is over, the press of reality becomes irresistible. By necessity, it adopts some of the policies it had once denounced. And a new national consensus is born. By Charles Krauthammer Opposition Opposes Party Job Power

I know of no better name than Anarchism. By Herbert Read Anarchism

I have to use the word 'insurgent' because I can't think of a better word right now. By Peter Pace Insurgent Word

I'm literally an independent. Apolitical. So that I am not always going to be with the Left's perceived interests or the Right's perceived interests. By Mary Jo White Independent Apolitical Literally Perceived Interests

Liberal, shmiberal. That should be a new word. Shmiberal: one who is assumed liberal, just because he's a professional whiner in the newspaper. If you'll read the subtext for many of those old strips, you'll find the heart of an old-fashioned Libertarian. And I'd be a Libertarian, if they weren't all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners. By Berkeley Breathed Shmiberal Libertarian Liberal Professional Word

A contrarian at heart, I am often guided by what I disagree with and don't want. By Rebecca Solnit Heart Contrarian Guided Disagree

opposing party was an offshoot of the Libertarians. They were called the Eliminationist Party, and their platform was predicated on the belief that corporate society had evolved beyond the need for government at all. For decades the Eliminationists remained a fringe party because of their shortsighted insistence on scrapping all government everywhere. Because corporate society was inherently conservative, and the party's platform too radical, the Eliminationist movement never got off the ground. By Dani Kollin Libertarians Party Eliminationist Opposing Offshoot

To me, you're either an activist or an inactivist. By Louie Psihoyos Inactivist Activist

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. By George Will Conservatives Oppose Define Terms

I would describe myself as a 'total conservative, a conscientious one.' By Mike Huckabee Total Conservative Describe Conscientious

An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country. By Bainbridge Colby Country Intelligent Conscientious Opposition Part

It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition. By Benjamin Franklin Opposition Bad Temper Mind Delight

Libertarianism. A simple-minded right-wing ideology ideally suited to those unable or unwilling to see past their own sociopathic self-regard. By Iain Banks Libertarianism Selfregard Simpleminded Rightwing Ideology

Opposition is anything that opposes (1) us, (2) the work God desires to do in us, and (3) the work God desires to do through us. By Beth Moore God Work Desires Opposition Opposes

REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it. By Ambrose Bierce Rebel Proponent Misrule Failed Establish

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. By Lydia Maria Francis Child Defeat Reformer Sets Cheerfully

I'm always gonna be in opposition no matter what, but I can still cover my bases and do what I like. By Ariel Pink Gonna Opposition Matter Cover Bases

I am an anarchist, like any other sensible person.~ Merlyn By T.h. White Merlyn Anarchist Person

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy. By Aung San Suu Kyi Democracy Opposition View Dangerous Misunderstand

A Radical is a man with both feet firmly plantedin the air. A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behestat the commandof his head. By Franklin D. Roosevelt Man Radical Air Feet Firmly

Liberal: a power worshipper without power. By George Orwell Liberal Power Worshipper

One problem for the analyst of ideologies is that many holders of ideology, especially but not solely conservatives, have denied that they are ideological. Instead they have seen themselves as pragmatic, reserving the appellation 'ideology' only for the ideas of those political movements that issue plans for radical and total change. This undoubtedly reflects the problem that open contestation, and consequently the need for justification, have been largely absent in the totalitarian regimes. By Michael Freeden Ideology Conservatives Ideological Analyst Ideologies

I often refer to myself as a radical, reminding people that the word radical comes from the Latin word radix, meaning root. I think we need to get to the roots of problems as we try to solve them. I also like the word anti-capitalist. By Cynthia Kauffman Latin Radical Word Reminding Radix

Moderate to conservative Democrat. But I'm not going to impose my views on the editorial page. By Katharine Weymouth Democrat Moderate Conservative Page Impose

Ignorance is the Mother of Opposition By Idries Shah Opposition Mother Ignorance

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. By Ambrose Bierce Conservative Liberal Evils Statesman Enamored

Anarchism is a theory of political science and is opposed to government in the political sense. By Steven T. Byington Anarchism Sense Political Theory Science

I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption. By Tariq Ali General Favourable Corruption Activism Social

The repentant, run-to-seed ultra-Leftists who have converted to humanitarianism, artificial inseminators of the widow and the orphan, themselves orphans of reality and malades imaginaires of politics, premature ejaculators of posthistory and hyperchondriacs of the dead body of ideology and morality. By Jean Baudrillard Repentant Ultraleftists Humanitarianism Artificial Politics

What man is really anti-progressive? For he is only anti-certain-people's-visions-for-the-future. By Criss Jami Antiprogressive Man

At a time when most movements that are thought to be progressive advocate further encroachments on individual liberty, those who cherish freedom are likely to expend their energies in opposition. In this they find themselves much of the time on the same side as those who habitually resist change. By Friedrich August Von Hayek Liberty Opposition Time Movements Thought

I'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know. By Cilla Black Apolitical Conservative Business

I hope I stand for antibigotry, anti-Semitism, antiracism. This is what drives me. By George H. W. Bush Antisemitism Antiracism Antibigotry Hope Stand

What is an anarchist? One who, choosing, accepts the responsibility of choice. By Ursula K. Le Guin Choosing Anarchist Accepts Choice Responsibility

The duty of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition is to oppose. By Robert A. Heinlein Majesty Loyal Opposition Oppose Duty

Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor. By Studs Terkel Act Society Activist Participate Editor

I've always favoured proposition over opposition. But we will oppose the government when it's off track.We'll support positive suggestions that we'll bring forward and support the government when it's making progress. By Jack Layton Opposition Government Favoured Proposition Support

Clearly, here is a man who adheres to a widely held theory of attacking the branches of evil. 1. Speak from an ivory tower but rarely take a cutting tool in hand, unless when advising others. 2. Lecture at length, inspire others to unselfish acts of civil disobedience or quiet resistance, but rarely perform such acts yourself. 3. Become a widely-heralded critic of the state from within a respected state institution. By Douglas Herman Evil Man Adheres Widely Held

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. By Oscar Wilde Pessimist Evils Chooses Choice

When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it. By G.k. Chesterton Expert End Politician Opposition Office

Those who reject both the goals and the means for the sake of their conscience, because they judge them to be of a wrong kind, are rebels. Their response is called rebellion. By Venkata Mohan Conscience Kind Rebels Reject Goals

A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in the absence of police, thugs will gather into gangs. By S.m. Stirling Police Thugs Libertarian Realizing Absence

We might as easily reprove the east wind, or the frost, as a political party, whose members, for the most part, could give no account of their position, but stand for the defence of those interests in which they find themselves. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Wind Frost Party Members Part

The opposition may have the right to doubt every thing, but for myself, I call on opposition to practice its role within limits of objectively, responsibility and country interests. By Ali Abdullah Saleh Thing Objectively Responsibility Interests Opposition

It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions. By Thomas Jefferson Political Opponents Opposition Person Opinions

They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party. By Nancy Pelosi Party Republican Antigovernment Ideologues Dominate

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop! By William F. Buckley Jr. Stop Conservative Yelling Fellow Standing

There is a reason for the affected profession of " anarchist sympathies" among Tories and grandees, and of " libertarian principles" by Hobbesian yahoos of the right. Among the former, one sees the upholding of the view that a gentleman's business and property are his own, and none of the government's. Among the latter, a distaste for democracy, for taxation, and for the need to consult others about the planet. By Christopher Hitchens Tories Hobbesian Anarchist Sympathies Grandees

Whether we realise it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favouring something or someone. To put it another way, it is easier to react than to act. By Carlos Ruiz Zafon Realise Define Opposing Favouring Act

I'm a political conservative. By P. J. O'rourke Conservative Political

Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian. Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it. My critical faculties are sharpened by the absence of the credibility that I ask for. As a historian, I know what can be offered. By Ernst Junger Anarch Antiauthoritarian Opposite Authority Historian

We become our own opposition when we accept the following: procrastinating, lying to ourselves, comparing ourselves to others, and having self-doubts - in short, anything that gets in the way of our becoming who we were created to be. By Steve Harvey Procrastinating Lying Comparing Selfdoubts Short

The opposite of liberal is stingy. The opposite of radical is superficial. The opposite of conservative is destructive. So I declare that I am a radical conservative liberal. Beware of men who use words to mean their opposites. By R.a. Lafferty Opposite Stingy Liberal Radical Conservative

An idealist. The most dangerous kind of man there was. And By James S.a. Corey Idealist Dangerous Kind Man

Someplace between apathy and anarchy is the stance of the thinking human being. He does embrace a cause, he does take a position, and can't allow it to become business as usual. Humanity is our business. By Rod Serling Someplace Apathy Anarchy Stance Thinking

If i were pressed to give my brand of political thought a label, I would call it pessimistic anarchistic quietism By J.m. Coetzee Label Quietism Pressed Give Brand

If I was an aspirant litterateur, I was also an aspirant anarchist. I have disliked Authority always, though sometimes seduced by its resplendence. By Jan Morris Aspirant Litterateur Anarchist Authority Resplendence

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics. By Adlai E. Stevenson Independent Politics

The lunatic fringe in all reform movements. By Theodore Roosevelt Movements Lunatic Fringe Reform

I am now-the friend of the equal rights of men, of representative democracy, of republicanism and the Declaration of Independence, the great charter of our national rights; and of course the friend of the indissoluble union and Constitution of the states. I am the enemy of all foreign influence, for all foreign influence is the influence of tyranny. This is the only chosen spot of liberty-this is the only republic on earth." "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils. By John Stark Friend Independence Declaration Constitution Influence

I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism. By Vernon A. Walters Idealism Describe Pragmatist Tinged

Let's see," mused the dragon, "that doesn't tell us much, does it? What sort of a word is this? Is it an epithet, do you think?"Gawaine could do no more than nod."Why, of course," exclaimed the dragon, "reactionary Republican. By Heywood Broun Dragon Mused Gawaine Republican Epithet

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist. By Henry Adams Literature Anarchist Politics Impressionist Art

If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress? By Will Rogers Congress Opposite Con Pro

What is a left-wing socialist but a Marxist without a gun? By Don Feder Marxist Gun Leftwing Socialist

Originally, I thought Republican. Now I'm an equal opportunity politician-hater. By Kenneth Fisher Originally Republican Thought Politicianhater Equal

You are not for the left or right team, but for what is right against the wrong. By Suzy Kassem Team Wrong Left

I am a free-willed, free-thinking, non-conforming subversive using the powers of intellect and common sense to not only question my environment but search for answers to those questions in order to share that knowledge with those around me for a better tomorrow. By R. Wolf Baldassarro Freethinking Freewilled Nonconforming Tomorrow Subversive

Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true. By H.l. Mencken Socialist True Man Suffering Overwhelming

It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely perverse or actually evil far more invigorating to see it as essential for honing the mind, and as a positive good in itself. For the day that moral issues cease to be fought over is the day the word human disappears from the race. By Jill Tweedie Mind Easy Dismally Enervating Opposition

In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. By Walter Lippmann Democracy Constitutional Indispensable Opposition Tolerated

I wanted to understand. I'm not here to support one, but I am here to criticize all, on a principled position. I very much value the position of counter power. I think this is where ethics should be, in front of power as I said in Radical Reform. The power of counter-power is very important. By Tariq Ramadan Understand Power Wanted Position Reform

Compassionate conservative soft bigotry of low expectations. By George W. Bush Compassionate Expectations Conservative Soft Bigotry

I thought of myself as a revolutionary, committed to overturning the whole system of empire.1 BILL AYERS, PUBLIC ENEMY By Dinesh D'souza Bill Ayers Public Enemy Revolutionary

It is opposition that makes us productive. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Productive Opposition Makes

We are determined to answer evil with GOOD, slavery with FREEDOM, rape with hope!We are against slavery, rape, beheading, torture, violations of human rights, corruption and misuse of religion! By Widad Akreyi Rape Good Freedom Beheading Torture

The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement. By Christopher Hitchens Dissident Claimed Disagreement Noble Title

I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill. By Ayaan Hirsi Ali Mill John Stuart Liberal Call

Opposition is true Friendship. By William Blake Friendship Opposition True

Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary. By Mikhail Bakunin Reactionary Makes Plans Revolution

The libertarian can have no truck with 'left' or 'right' because he regrets any form of authoritarianism - the use of police force to control the creative life of man. By Leonard Read Left Authoritarianism Man Libertarian Truck

To you, I'm an atheist.To God, I'm the loyal opposition. By Woody Allen God Opposition Atheistto Loyal

He who protests is an enemy; he who opposes is a corpse. By Pol Pot Enemy Corpse Protests Opposes

If anything I consider myself an anarchist, By Al Lewis Anarchist

Compassionate conservative. I don't know what that is, it sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack. By Robin Williams Compassionate Conservative Volvo Rack Sounds

I have been an Anarchist all my life, By Buenaventura Durruti Anarchist Life