Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.

Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.

Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it

The coldest bodies warm with opposition; the hardest sparkle in collision.

The coldest bodies warm with opposition; the hardest sparkle in collision.

I love opposition that has convictions.

I love opposition that has convictions.

Opposition is true friendship.

Opposition is true friendship.

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of read more

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than read more

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and read more

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.