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• The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

  Adolf Hitler

  Military, Leader, Different

  Adolf Hitler (2016). “Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)”, p.139, eKitap Projesi

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• Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player

  Max Euwe

  Player, Games, Chess Game

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• Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.

  Jan Schakowsky

  Strong, War, Doors

  "Hardball" Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. July 26, 2006.

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• Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

  Lawrence Taylor

  Sports, Cheating, Guy

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• I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.

  Joe Scarborough

  Lying, Trying, Politics

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• Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Games, Play, Faults

  "Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth". A conversation between Russian Classical Chess World Champion Vladimir Kramnik and German Artist Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.

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• If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.

  Meg Greenfield

  Mother, Years, Political

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• The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Creativity, Imagination, Development

  "Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.

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• The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.

  Paul Weyrich

  White, House, White House

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• For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.

  Jim Sensenbrenner

  Law, Long, Usa Patriot Act

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• The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states.

  Herbert Croly

  Adoption, Political, Constitution

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.47, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets, my opponent has never served on any a budget committee where there was less money to spend than the year before.

  Matt Gonzalez

  Years, Two, Decision

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• During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.

  Eddie Bernice Johnson

  Running, Men, Community

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• But just maybe sometimes being even more patient. Even though I thought I did that much better this year, and sometimes, you know, make my opponents play that one extra ball, and just knowing how to play the big points better.

  Daniela Hantuchova

  Years, Play, Knowing

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• The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.

  Bob Riley

  Children, School, Focus

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• I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Past, Political, Feelings

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• Ward Churchill might be more valuable to the opponents of the academic left employed than unemployed. Above all, he can serve as a living window into the intellectual, moral, and political bankruptcy of the left.

  Mort Kondracke

  Political, Intellectual, Might

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• If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it.

  Pete du Pont

  Winning, Trying, Election

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• Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

  Pete du Pont

  Strong, Jobs, Giving

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• I even believe if you're killing a team, you shouldn't stop. You should respect your opponents enough to play 100 percent the whole time. And by the same token, if you're getting killed by the other team, you should never quit.

  Sue Wicks

  Respect, Team, Believe

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• Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

  Sidney Hook

  Answers, May, Argument

  Sidney Hook (2002). “Sidney Hook on Pragmatism, Democracy, and Freedom: The Essential Essays”, Pyr Books

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• Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.

  Thomas Malthus

  Attention, Littles, Theory

  Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings”, p.44, Penguin UK

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• Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring.

  Manfred von Richthofen

  Eye, Swag, Stupidity

  Manfred von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.128, BoD – Books on Demand

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• Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but with actions, by reaching out, to the supporters of your opponent as well as to reassure your own supporters.

  Marc Morial

  Cities, Tasks, Done

  "CNN Sunday Morning", www.cnn.com. May 21, 2006.

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• The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.

  George Orwell

  Truth, Intelligent, Political

  "The Prevention of Literature" (1946)

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