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Enemy Quotes

"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

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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

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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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"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

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"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

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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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"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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"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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"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 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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"Good is often the enemy of best."

"Good is often the enemy of best."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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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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"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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"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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"Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place."

"Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place."

John Buford, American Soldier

Enemy, Excitement, State

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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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"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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"Flee an enemy who knows your weakness."

"Flee an enemy who knows your weakness."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Enemy, Weakness

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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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"Even paranoids have real enemies."

"Even paranoids have real enemies."

Delmore Schwartz, American Poet

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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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"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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"When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping."

"When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping."

Maria Callas, American Musician

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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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"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 not an enemy of Adventism."

"I am not an enemy of Adventism."

Walter Martin, American Clergyman

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

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

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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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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"Our friends, the enemy."

"Our friends, the enemy."

Pierre Jean de Beranger, French Musician

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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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"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 reason we're getting bombed is 'cause we were on one side, and we're gonna remain on that side. We can't waver because these are our enemies right now. I'm sorry. I'm gonna say it out loud. The Arabs, that's right, are our enemies. That's right."

"The reason we're getting bombed is 'cause we were on one side, and we're gonna remain on that side. We can't waver because these are our enemies right now. I'm sorry. I'm gonna say it out loud. The Arabs, that's right, are our enemies. That's right."

Jimmie Walker, American Actor

Enemy, Enemies, Now, Reason, Right

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

"The wise learn many things from their enemies."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

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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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