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Enemy Quotes

"Every educated person is a future enemy."

"Every educated person is a future enemy."

Martin Bormann, German Soldier

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"It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him."

"It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him."

Olin Miller, American Columnist

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"The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy."

"The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy."

Sam Levenson, American Author

Enemy, Grandparents, Reason

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"Reaper of enemies; strong of grip; One kind with his fathers."

"Reaper of enemies; strong of grip; One kind with his fathers."

Taliesin, Welsh Poet

Enemy, Enemies, Fathers

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"The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself."

"The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself."

Saul Alinsky, American Activist

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"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy."

"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy."

Horatio Nelson, British Soldier

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"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."

"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Enemy, Enemies, Nothing

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"Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not."

"Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not."

Brent Scowcroft, American Public Servant

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"It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak."

"It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak."

Morley Safer, Canadian Journalist

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"In almost all cases now the police are as much an enemy as the others."

"In almost all cases now the police are as much an enemy as the others."

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

Enemy, Now, Police

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"A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy."

"A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy."

Early Wynn, American Athlete

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"For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards."

"For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"While the CDC is focusing on how our enemies could attack us, our military is focused on who may attack us."

"While the CDC is focusing on how our enemies could attack us, our military is focused on who may attack us."

John Linder, American Politician

Enemy, Enemies, May, Military

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"When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness."

"When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

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"In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies."

"In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies."

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet

Enemy, Enemies, Poets, Russia

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"We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion."

"We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion."

Douglas Bader, British Soldier

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"There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good."

"There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good."

Roy Jenkins, British Politician

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"I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave."

"I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave."

Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

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"I am not an enemy of Adventism."

"I am not an enemy of Adventism."

Walter Martin, American Clergyman

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"Enemies are necessary for the wheels of the U.S. military machine to turn."

"Enemies are necessary for the wheels of the U.S. military machine to turn."

John Stockwell, American Celebrity

Enemy, Enemies, Machine, Military

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"Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?"

"Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?"

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"The tocsin you hear today is not an alarm but an alert: it sounds the charge against our enemies."

"The tocsin you hear today is not an alarm but an alert: it sounds the charge against our enemies."

Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary

Enemy, Enemies, Today

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"No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies."

"No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies."

Daisy Bates, American Activist

Enemy, Enemies, Man, Woman

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"The last of our enemies is laid low."

"The last of our enemies is laid low."

Clement Attlee, English Leader

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"Good is often the enemy of best."

"Good is often the enemy of best."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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"I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy."

"I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy."

Richard Marx, American Musician

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"I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either."

"I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either."

Kato Kaelin, American Celebrity

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"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

Enemy, Man, Poor, Right

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"To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies."

"To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies."

Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

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"The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths."

"The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths."

William James, American Philosopher

Enemy, May, Rest

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"The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill."

"The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill."

Harold Nicolson, British Diplomat

Enemy, Enemies, Irish, Want

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"We need a common enemy to unite us."

"We need a common enemy to unite us."

Condoleezza Rice, American Statesman

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"I'm just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I'm just the guy who makes happy."

"I'm just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I'm just the guy who makes happy."

Chubby Checker, American Musician

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"Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny."

"Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

Enemy, Tyranny, Visions

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"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Enemy, Enemies, Friends

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"Our friends, the enemy."

"Our friends, the enemy."

Pierre Jean de Beranger, French Musician

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"No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me."

"No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me."

William Congreve, English Poet

Enemy, Learning

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"Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults."

"Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults."

Antisthenes, Greek Philosopher

Enemy, Enemies, Faults, First

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"Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes."

"Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

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"Moslems are no less an enemy than the Jews."

"Moslems are no less an enemy than the Jews."

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

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"But primitive man had enemies real as well as imaginary, and they were not subject to priestly sorceries."

"But primitive man had enemies real as well as imaginary, and they were not subject to priestly sorceries."

Paul Harris, American Entertainer

Enemy, Enemies, Man

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"Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation."

"Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation."

John Buford, American Soldier

Enemy, Extreme, Fight, Observation

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"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good."

"One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large."

"Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large."

John Byng, British Soldier

Enemy, Force, Numbers, Wind

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"The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park."

"The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

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"The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to."

"The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to."

John Byng, British Soldier

Enemy, Lying, Nothing

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"Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!"

"Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!"

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Enemy, Fate, Pity

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"A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished."

"A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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"The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head."

"The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head."

John Byng, British Soldier

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