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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.

— Ali Abdullah Saleh

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My general approach to opposition is where the government is getting something right, we should say so. And where we disagree with them, we should say so, too.

— Douglas Alexander

We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.

— Hussein of Jordan

In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.

— Jeb Bush

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

— Jim Leach

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

— Bainbridge Colby

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

— Sigmund Freud

Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional newspaper or radio reportage is what a public intellectual does. But it's not merely about being oppositional, because that's too negative.

— Susie Orbach

I'm against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures - anybody who is not accountable to the larger social climate or society for the power they wield, that concerns me. I'm very pro-democracy.

— Daniel Suarez

✗Opposing Perspectives

For me, opposition is just another opposition.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni

There's nothing to be said for opposition. You can only talk about things and you can lay your plans. You can't actually achieve very much; you have to be in government for that.

— Andrew Mitchell