If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along -- whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.
Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I like the role.
I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. My older brothers and sister had started to school when, sometimes, they would come in and ask for a buttered biscuit or something and my mother, impatiently, would tell them no. But I would cry out and make a fuss until I got what I wanted. I remember well how my mother asked me why I couldn't be a nice boy like Wilfred; but I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being so nice and quiet, often stayed hungry. So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.
Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and most unforgivably increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault.
If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.
Whatever question arose, a swarm of these drones, without having finished their buzzing on a previous theme, flew over to the new one and by their hum drowned and obscured the voices of those who were disputing honestly.
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We can play with Big Ideas because the garish motley of our pulp origins make us seem harmless.
Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?
A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
One of the juiciest pleasures of life is to be able to salute and embrace, as elected leaders and honored representatives, people whom you first met when they were on the run or in exile or (like Adam) in and out of jail. I was to have this experience again, and I hope to have it many more times in the future: it sometimes allows me to feel that life is full of point.
The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with others but also with ourselves.
Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.
If we confuse dissent with disloyalty
Wherever there is a parliament, there must of necessity be an opposition.
Given a sufficient number of people and an adequate amount of time you can create insurmountable opposition to the most inconsequential idea.
Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
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