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Enemy Quotes

"Even paranoids have real enemies."

"Even paranoids have real enemies."

Delmore Schwartz, American Poet

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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."

"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

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"Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal political situation."

"Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal political situation."

Francis Parker Yockey, American Writer

Enemy, Hatred, Public, Thinking

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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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"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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"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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"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

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"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

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"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

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"We have met the enemy and he is us."

"We have met the enemy and he is us."

Walt Kelly, American Cartoonist

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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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"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

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"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

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"I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs."

"I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs."

Mary Wesley, British Novelist

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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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"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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"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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"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."

"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."

Rona Barrett, American Journalist

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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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"Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality."

"Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality."

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

Enemy, Superficiality, Tradition

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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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"Flee an enemy who knows your weakness."

"Flee an enemy who knows your weakness."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Enemy, Weakness

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"Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker."

"Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies."

"Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies."

Robert Trout, American Journalist

Enemy, Enemies, Opium, Poison

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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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"Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better."

"Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better."

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

Enemy, Enemies, Friends

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"The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them."

"The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them."

Camille Paglia, American Author

Enemy, Enemies, Will

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"The soldier's main enemy is not the opposing soldier, but his own commander."

"The soldier's main enemy is not the opposing soldier, but his own commander."

Ramman Kenoun, French Philosopher

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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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"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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"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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"Our friends, the enemy."

"Our friends, the enemy."

Pierre Jean de Beranger, French Musician

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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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"One never really knows who one's enemy is."

"One never really knows who one's enemy is."

Jurgen Habermas, German Philosopher

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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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"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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"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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"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."

"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."

Buddha, Indian Leader

Enemy, Evil, Man, Mind

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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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"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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"The wise learn many things from their enemies."

"The wise learn many things from their enemies."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

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"Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters."

"Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters."

Raymond Aron, French Philosopher

Enemy, Enemies, Future

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"If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril."

"If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"Keep your enemies in front of you."

"Keep your enemies in front of you."

Chris Matthews, American Journalist

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"A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten."

"A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten."

Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Soldier

Enemy, Man, Military, Pride

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"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."

"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."

David Hackworth, American Soldier

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"Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them."

"Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them."

James Fallows, American Journalist

Enemy, Enemies, Letters, Mail

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"Every educated person is a future enemy."

"Every educated person is a future enemy."

Martin Bormann, German Soldier

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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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"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

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