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Enemy Quotes

"Privilege is the greatest enemy of right."

"Privilege is the greatest enemy of right."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

Enemy, Privilege, Right

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"Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically."

"Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically."

Mao Tse Tung, Chinese Leader

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

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

Mario Puzo, American Novelist

Enemy, Enemies, Hate, Judgment

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"Even a paranoid can have enemies."

"Even a paranoid can have enemies."

Henry A. Kissinger, American 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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"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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"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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"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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"I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you."

"I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you."

Willie Aames, American Actor

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

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

Betty Friedan, American Activist

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"Forgive your enemies, but first get even."

"Forgive your enemies, but first get even."

Lester Cole, American Screenwriter

Enemy, Enemies, First

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"The Jews are the enemy of National Socialism."

"The Jews are the enemy of National Socialism."

Arthur Seyss Inquart, Austrian Soldier

Enemy, Socialism

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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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"I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts."

"I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

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"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

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"A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate."

"A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"Always keep your friends close, but your enemies keep closer."

"Always keep your friends close, but your enemies keep closer."

J. Wallace Day, American Writer

Enemy, Enemies, Friends

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"For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies."

"For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies."

Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist

Enemy, Enemies, Jokes

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"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

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"I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one."

"I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one."

Peter Mandelson, British Politician

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"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

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"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

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"Friends come and go but enemies accumulate."

"Friends come and go but enemies accumulate."

Arthur Bloch, American Author

Enemy, Enemies, Friends

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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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"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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"What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other."

"What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Enemy, Enemies, Injustice, Nation

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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

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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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"I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me."

"I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

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"You can learn from anyone even your enemy."

"You can learn from anyone even your enemy."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"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

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

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

Bill Toomey, American Athlete

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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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"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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"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

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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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"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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"We need a common enemy to unite us."

"We need a common enemy to unite us."

Condoleezza Rice, American Statesman

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"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

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"Even paranoids have real enemies."

"Even paranoids have real enemies."

Delmore Schwartz, American Poet

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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 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

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"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

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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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"When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy."

"When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy."

Ron Wood, British Musician

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"I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic."

"I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

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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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