Famous quotes containing the words loyal opposition, james, fox, loyal and/or opposition:
“How strange to have failed as a social creature—even criminals do not fail that way—they are the law’s “Loyal Opposition,” so to speak. But the insane are always mere guests on earth, eternal strangers carrying around broken decalogues that they cannot read.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“Many scraps make a lot; fox furs, sewn together, make a fine robe.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Just as poor families have dutiful children, so too there are loyal ministers in troubled times.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Through all opposition the personal benefits of the reform [dress] [bracketed word in original] have compensated; but had it been mainly sacrifice, the thought of working for the amelioration of women and the elevation of humanity would still have been the beacon-star guiding me on amid all discouragements.”
—Susan Pecker Fowler (1823–1911)