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"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."
"To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
"Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use their enemies to challenge their arguments so that they can know the weak points in their own reasoning and how to argue for and strengthen their position. There are just none like one's enemies to always look for his mistakes and do it harder than anyone else."
"Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it."
"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
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"Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver."
"If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny."
"I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good."
"The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall."
"Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion."
"It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure."
"It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat."
"It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements."
"Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place."
"Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours."
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