Enemy Quotes | Beyond Motive 2/5

top of page

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

17

"The best is the enemy of the good."

"The best is the enemy of the good."

Voltaire, French Writer

17

"We need a common enemy to unite us."

"We need a common enemy to unite us."

Condoleezza Rice, American Statesman

16

"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

16

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

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

16

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

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

Mario Puzo, American Novelist

Enemy, Enemies, Hate, Judgment

16

"Privilege is the greatest enemy of right."

"Privilege is the greatest enemy of right."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

Enemy, Privilege, Right

15

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

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

Bill Toomey, American Athlete

15

"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

15

"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

15

"Even a paranoid can have enemies."

"Even a paranoid can have enemies."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

14

"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

14

"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

14

"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

14

"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

14

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

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

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

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

13

"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

13

"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

13

"Forgive your enemies, but first get even."

"Forgive your enemies, but first get even."

Lester Cole, American Screenwriter

Enemy, Enemies, First

13

"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

13

"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

13

"Man has no greater enemy than himself."

"Man has no greater enemy than himself."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"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

12

"I am not an enemy of Adventism."

"I am not an enemy of Adventism."

Walter Martin, American Clergyman

12

"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

12

"Every educated person is a future enemy."

"Every educated person is a future enemy."

Martin Bormann, German Soldier

12

"If you always been my enemy, it's still that way."

"If you always been my enemy, it's still that way."

Suge Knight, American Producer

12

"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

12

"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

12

"Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law."

"Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law."

Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

Enemy, Freedom, Law

12

"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

12

"You can learn from anyone even your enemy."

"You can learn from anyone even your enemy."

Ovid, Roman Poet

12

"Good is often the enemy of best."

"Good is often the enemy of best."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

12

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

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

Knute Rockne, American Coach

Enemy, Fool, Now

12

"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

12

"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

11

"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

11

"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

11

"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

11

bottom of page