Enemy Quotes: Wisdom and Insight on Adversaries and Opposition (Page 3)

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

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

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

Buddha, Leader

"The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths"

William James, Philosopher

"I am the supreme warlord; I do not wage war in order to achieve definite military objectives, but to destroy the enemy"

Wilhelm II, Statesman

"War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will"

George Washington, President

"The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority"

Henrik Ibsen, Poet

"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession"

George Washington, President

"Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt"

Joseph Addison, Writer

"An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity"

Saadi, Poet

"Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost"

Samuel Butler, Poet

"Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order"

Samuel Butler, Poet

"Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals"

David Ogilvy, Businessman

"One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy"

E. B. White, Writer

"The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy"

Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer

"I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business"

Bette Davis, Actress

"The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time"

William Butler Yeats, Poet

"The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

"A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect"

Bryant H. McGill, Author

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy"

Colin Powell, Statesman

"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, Poet

"Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry"

Samuel Richardson, Novelist

"As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'"

Duke of Wellington, Royalty

"Art hath an enemy called Ignorance"

Ben Jonson, Poet

"Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy"

Mikhail Saakashvili, Statesman

"Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies"

Richard Le Gallienne, Poet

"If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend"

Solomon Ibn Gabriol, Poet

"The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem"

Washington Irving, Writer

"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have"

James A. Baldwin, Author

"Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

"Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are free, they are slaves"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"The decision, therefore, lies here in the East; here must the Russian enemy, this people numbering two hundred million Russians, be destroyed on the battle field and person by person, and made to bleed to death "

Heinrich Himmler, Criminal

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

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

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

Edmond De Goncourt, Writer

"I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day of judgement"

King Hussein I, Statesman

"Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than the financial burden of war. War is the arch enemy of national progress and the modern scourge of civilized men"

King Hussein I, Statesman

"There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy"

Jean Anouilh, Playwright

"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, Criminal

"It will undoubtedly happen, that the enemy will make the attempt, today, tomorrow or the next day, at some time, to break into this fortress of Europe at one point or another. That will undoubtedly be the case"

Heinrich Himmler, Criminal

"Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny"

Ben Nicholson, Artist

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