Opposition Party Quotes

The United States should not, in principle, object to the implementation of Islamic law or involvement of Islamic activists in government. Islamically oriented political actors and groups should be evaluated by the same criteria that are applied to any other potential leaders or opposition party.

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amok by hamstringing it.

You cant just be against the president.

Republicans will criticize whatever President Obama does because that is what they do.

The Democrats often seem like the Not Republican Party, no more and no less.

The media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

The party out of office becomes the articulate one.

The Republican Party does not want to defeat Democrats.

It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.

It is the steady abuse of power in other governments which renders that of opposition always the popular party.

There is nothing so marginal as a party that has been in power for 18 years and slides into opposition. You influence nothing.

TDP had to join hands with the Congress given the need for a major anchor party in the front against the BJP.

Think of the Republican Party as the opposition to the Democrats. It doesn't exist in California!

Only God who appointed me can remove me. Not the MDC, not the British. The MDC will never rule this country--never.

The media are the opposition party.

Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide open because there's not an heir apparent - but people are also gauging how strong is that incumbent president and what are my chances.

His Majesty's Opposition

Trump has taken it to a new level. He is now viewing the media as the 'opposition party,' in his own words. Consequently, media coverage of Trump has become that much more significant.

The speed with which we in the Congress are going down is sometimes frightening. Government administration in the districts is rapidly reaching a low level. No strong opposition party has been able to emerge.

I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will after a period of time become a strong opposition party.

The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment.

Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush.

I prefer the Greens to remain an opposition party that's able to hold the government to account.

The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

It now really looks as if the Government is about to fall into our hands.