Is the statement “the absolute value of a number is always greater than its opposite” true?

Well, let's just check

| 25 | is 25   hmmm what's the opposite of 25?  well is -25,   is 25 > -25?   yeap indeed

let's check another

| 13 | is 13, its opposite is -13, is 13 > -13?  indeedredo.

let's check another

| - 7 | is 7, opposite of -7 is +7 or just 7

now is 7 > 7?  what the?  well, not quite, they're equal.