It is not always easy to distinguish a psychotic obsession from principled opposition.
Determined, articulate, consistent principled opposition - from whom will it come?
Then, too, there is the issue of principled opposition.
So much for the "lethal" consequences of principled and steadfast opposition to the party in power.
Nock was one of the few who maintained a principled opposition to the war throughout its course.
Later, this Party of principled opposition was called the Evangelicals.
Try to imagine an America without principled opposition to the President.
Practical considerations, rather than principled opposition to slavery appeared to drive his views.
"All the opposition newspapers are being closed, but without a principled opposition, there is no democracy."
Republicans know the difference between principled opposition and unprincipled posturing.