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Enemy Quotes

"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

27

"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment."

"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment."

Mario Puzo, American Novelist

Enemy, Enemies, Hate, Judgment

27

"Privilege is the greatest enemy of right."

"Privilege is the greatest enemy of right."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

Enemy, Privilege, Right

26

"If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld."

"If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld."

Ed Markey, American Politician

Enemy, Fight, Trying, Will

26

"One thing is certain: wherever the enemy lands, if once we can get to grips with him on the Continent, where we are not dependent on supplies from overseas, that ought to be, and will be, all right with us."

"One thing is certain: wherever the enemy lands, if once we can get to grips with him on the Continent, where we are not dependent on supplies from overseas, that ought to be, and will be, all right with us."

Heinrich Himmler, German Soldier

Enemy, Right, Will

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"You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad."

"You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad."

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

Enemy, Enemies, Friends, Man, May

25

"Man has no greater enemy than himself."

"Man has no greater enemy than himself."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

25

"From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left."

"From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left."

Marcus V. Pollio, American Architect

Enemy, May, Right, Weapons

24

"I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you."

"I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you."

Taylor Dayne, American Musician

24

"We need a common enemy to unite us."

"We need a common enemy to unite us."

Condoleezza Rice, American Statesman

23

"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

23

"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

23

"Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind."

"Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind."

Alexis Carrel, French Scientist

Enemy, Enemies, Mankind

23

"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."

"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."

Richard Francis Burton, English Explorer

23

"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

23

"One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force."

"One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force."

Anne Sophie Swetchine, Russian Author

23

"The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot."

"The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot."

William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman

Enemy, Enemies, Freedom

23

"You can learn from anyone even your enemy."

"You can learn from anyone even your enemy."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured."

"When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured."

Howard Staunton, English Celebrity

Enemy, May, Play

22

"If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her."

"If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

22

"Even paranoids have real enemies."

"Even paranoids have real enemies."

Delmore Schwartz, American Poet

22

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

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

22

$"Then in a fraction of a second, I realized that these sportsmen were not anyone's enemies."$

"Then in a fraction of a second, I realized that these sportsmen were not anyone's enemies."

Bill Toomey, American Athlete

21

"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."

"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."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

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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

21

"Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim."

"Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim."

Betty Friedan, American Activist

21

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

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

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

21

"Forgive your enemies, but first get even."

"Forgive your enemies, but first get even."

Lester Cole, American Screenwriter

Enemy, Enemies, First

21

"Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind."

"Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind."

Gene Fowler, American Journalist

Enemy, Mind, Needs

21

"The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away."

"The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away."

Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier

Enemy, Fire, Man, Now

21

"So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy."

"So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy."

Richard Marx, American Musician

Enemy, Result, Songs, Writing

21

"Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies."

"Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies."

Linda Chavez, American Author

20

"Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will."

"Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will."

Mary Richards, American Character

Enemy, Enemies, Will

20

"You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare."

"You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare."

John McCain, American Politician

20

"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

20

"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

20

"So yeah, but from the show and as far as MTV I have a lot of friends, and from the challenges and the other shows, that I've met. I currently don't have any enemies that I know of."

"So yeah, but from the show and as far as MTV I have a lot of friends, and from the challenges and the other shows, that I've met. I currently don't have any enemies that I know of."

Trishelle Cannatella, American Celebrity

Enemy, Enemies, Friends

20

"My opinion was that if we had a common enemy we should get together commonly."

"My opinion was that if we had a common enemy we should get together commonly."

Julius Rosenberg, American Criminal

20

"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

20

"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

19

"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

19

"After my grandfather's plane took enemy fire, he was denied permission to land at the first available airstrip. In that classic British bureaucratic way, they said he had to go back to your own airbase in the Midlands. They crashed between the coast and the airfield."

"After my grandfather's plane took enemy fire, he was denied permission to land at the first available airstrip. In that classic British bureaucratic way, they said he had to go back to your own airbase in the Midlands. They crashed between the coast and the airfield."

Tom Hooper, British Director

Enemy, Fire, First, Land

19

"A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride."

"A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride."

Max Lerner, American Journalist

Enemy, Enemies, President

19

"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

19

"Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other."

"Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other."

Daniel Okrent, American Editor

Enemy, Enemies, News, Nothing, Opinion

19

"He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy."

"He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy."

Thomas Hobbes, English Philosopher

19

"Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice."

"Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Enemy, Enemies, Liberty, Voice

19

"Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free."

"Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free."

Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer

19

"I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers."

"I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers."

George Armstrong Custer, American Soldier

18

"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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