The duty of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition is to oppose.


Robert A. Heinlein

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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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To you, I'm an atheist.
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I've taken some of our loyal opposition up through the tower and they've eaten their words.
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If this is the best solution our loyal opposition can provide, then I guess I'm really disappointed.
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It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.
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Women should be obscene and not heard.
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Robert Morley is a legend in his own lunchtime.
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I have to oppose his nomination, ... This is awkward and uncomfortable.
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At that time, Robert comes back in, and Robert is standing in front of me, and he wants his money.
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It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his sheep.
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It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
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It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
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It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible...
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Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature -- opposition to it on his love of justice.
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I do oppose my patience to his fury, and am arm'd to suffer with a quietness of spirit, the very tyr...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Robert of Lincoln is gayly drest, Wearing a bright black wedding-coat; White are his shoulders...
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If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.
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WAYNE WORNER
It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
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It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
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GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
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WILLIAM WILBERFORCE
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU
[Loyal Opposition is] back to her old self. I thought she might be a little tired since we were raci...
ANDY MILLER
An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time. One man, brief in space, must...
ROGER ZELAZNY
Mother Superior jump the gun...
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LAUREN MYRACLE
No baseness or cruelty of treason so deep or so tragic shall enter our human world, but that loyal l...
JOSIAH ROYCE
The pontiff reiterated his opposition to stem cell research
ALESSIO VINCI
The poverty of a man of benevolence is not to be considered as poverty but only as his temporary ina...
THIRUVALLUVAR
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to e...
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to e...
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E. B. WHITE
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
HENRY KISSINGER
I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI
The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all....
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
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Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
LUCAN
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions...
ALBERT EINSTEIN
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions...
ALBERT EINSTEIN
He is loyal to his own career but only incidentally to anything or anyone else.
HUGH DALTON
The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. ...
ALEXIS CARREL
As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my r...
KURT HUBER
Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable...
MARK TWAIN
Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable...
MARK TWAIN
Duties are not performed for duties' sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortabl...
MARK TWAIN
But nowadays -- Our weakness for the last few years has been the ineffectiveness of the Opposition. ...
H.G. WELLS
It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
VERNON HOWARD
It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition
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Of all the strange "crimes" that human beings have legislated of nothing, "blasphemy" is the most am...
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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
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Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurtin...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go ...
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Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things
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Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.
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A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is... and force the viewer to se...
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Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. The...
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Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of...
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One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural” is a null word.
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I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not
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A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a ...
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Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers.
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Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what yo...
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Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurtin...
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Everybody lies about sex.
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The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " ...
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Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love.
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Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.
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Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
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Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal ...
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Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
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Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.
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I came, I saw, she conquered."
The original Latin seems to have been garbled.
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If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you ...
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Live and learn, or you don't live long.
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Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.
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A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.
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Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodn...
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Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
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There is no such thing as "Just a cat.
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Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none;...
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Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want....
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Television leaves no external scars.
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Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings bec...
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Dress yourself in heavy fishing waders, put on an overcoat and boxing gloves and a bucket over your ...
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Library science was the foundation of all sciences.
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You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.
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The Mother Thing makes our world.
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Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together.
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More depended on the student than on the school.
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Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.
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I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ.
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