Adversarial Quotes

We're in a bad-news cycle now where bad news builds on itself. Bush's press has gone from bad to worse, from critical to adversarial. The media opposition has gone from passive to active. - Robert Lichter

We look at parents as partners. We're partners in working towards their kids' success. The last thing we want to do is to get in this adversarial relationship, but when you've exhausted every available option, there must be some bottom line, and there must be some point where you say you must obey the law. - Carol Costello

We felt comfortable. We didn't have to agree on everything. But we would work together. This is a non-adversarial partnership. They came in not criticizing the Rocky , but working with the Rocky . - John Temple

We don't want to be adversarial but we see these programs that are adversarial to the students. - Tim Vonville

We do support the city of Orr's concern for safety, ... But we're still in the research mode here. Just because a law is passed doesn't mean that the local police or other law enforcement are capable of enforcing it. We don't know if we have enforceability yet. We're hoping it's something that the railroad will work out with the city of Orr rather than becoming an adversarial relationship. - Dave Phillips

We are here because cooperative relations with China are in the American national interest. Every president for 30 years has come to that conclusion, and a rejection of this agreement would be a vote for an adversarial relationship with the most populous nation of China. - Henry Kissinger

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood. - Warren E. Burger

To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn't mean you need to attack the person, but you do need to look at it like you're trying to get information that has not been written about before. - Chuck Klosterman

This was not adversarial at all. He called me and said he appreciated the fact we gave him his first contract, but he felt that the minutes would not be there for him. - Bernie Bickerstaff

This is the first time we are saying publicly that the future of the relationship is not adversarial, not rivalry... it's partnership. - Nicholas Burns