Even capitalists must surely admit, that intellectually at least, socialism is a worthy opponent. It imparts intelligence even to its adversaries.
the important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. It is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they ought to be hurt, but because it hurts you. Anger is a form of recognition. It amounts to admitting that those people are important to you and that they have the power to hurt you. Actually, they haven't.
I look in the mirror, my only opponent
Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.
The height of strategy, is to attack your opponent's strategy.
Figure out what your opponent wants you to do and try to do the opposite.
Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.
I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, Read my lips: no new taxes.
Never quit politicking and never underestimate your opponent.
If you could do what I do then you wouldn't be a haterwriter critiquing me, you would be my opponent facing me on the court.
Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family.
To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.
Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents.
Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.
I've seen how the left has used it to accuse opponents of their version of reform of being bigots and racists.
Christine O'Donnell released a commercial in which she says, 'I'm not a witch. ' That's pretty good, though not as effective as her opponent's slogan, 'I'm not Christine O'Donnell. '
When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.
Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your sights.
Some of my competitors overlook the importance of knowing as much as possible about their opponents, but I think that it is an invaluable asset that I have gained from working.