"Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them."

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"Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them."

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"We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves."

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"It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer."

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"Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we're gonna fool them."

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"Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out."

Pierre Berton, Canadian Author

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"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

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