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Enemy Quotes

"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Our friends, the enemy."

"Our friends, the enemy."

Pierre Jean de Beranger, French Musician

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"I am not an enemy of Adventism."

"I am not an enemy of Adventism."

Walter Martin, American Clergyman

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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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"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 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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"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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"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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"The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman."

"The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman."

Edmond De Goncourt, French Writer

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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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"Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners."

"Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners."

Dennis Ross, American Diplomat

Enemy, Security

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"My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years."

"My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years."

Margaret Anderson, American Editor

Enemy, Reality, Years

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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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"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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"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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"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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"The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head."

"The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head."

John Byng, British 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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"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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"The last of our enemies is laid low."

"The last of our enemies is laid low."

Clement Attlee, English Leader

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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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"I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either."

"I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either."

Kato Kaelin, American Celebrity

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