Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Totalitarianism Mental Control Power Freedom Opposition The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy - the one that's absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.

Christopher Hitchens

Influence Power Spontaneity Opposition Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end.

Leonardo da Vinci

Opposition Struggle Darkness Resilience Duality There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

Plato

Government Opposition Security No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Benjamin Disraeli

Loyalty Commitment Opposition Perseverance At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Opposition Purpose Value To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

Christopher Hitchens

Balance Excess Control Opposition Restraint The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

Plato

Growth Perseverance Strength Skill Development Opposition He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Edmund Burke

Opposition Defiance Individuality I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Opposition Perseverance Human Nature Purpose Doubt The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.

Christopher Hitchens