Enemies Quotes

"The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people"

Dalton Trumbo, Novelist

"He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel"

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Journalist

"We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists"

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Politician

"In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take"

John Hickenlooper, Politician

"I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect"

Ken Mehlman, Politician

"Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment"

Mario Puzo, Novelist

"But primitive man had enemies real as well as imaginary, and they were not subject to priestly sorceries"

Paul Harris, Entertainer

"The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, such a man, is worthy of death, and it would have been so, were it not for Muhammad's confidence that God would give him the victory over the enemies"

Louis Farrakhan, Activist

"You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done what I do. Most book reviewers haven't written 11 novels. Many of them haven't written one"

John Irving, Novelist

"I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember"

Gerald R. Ford, President

"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction"

Aesop, Author

"If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies across the globe. A failed Iraq would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. national security for decades to come"

Dennis Cardoza, Politician

"Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses"

Robert Burton

"The existing system will be quickest and most radically overthrown by the annihilation of its exponents. Therefore, massacres of the enemies of the people must be set in motion"

Johann Most, Revolutionary

"Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions"

E. O. Wilson, Scientist

"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart"

Johannes Tauler, Theologian

"I'm not looking for a legacy, and you'll never shut up the critics. I've been around 50 years. When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got"

Rupert Murdoch, Publisher

"Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth"

William Banting, Celebrity

"A king who rules with justice and compassion will be loved by his people and feared by his enemies"

Philip IV, Royalty

"In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies"

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Poet

"We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers"

Otto Schily, Public Servant

"I hate admitting that my enemies have a point"

Salman Rushdie, Novelist

"I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll quote me on that"

Arthur Hertzberg, Theologian

"Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war"

Aristophanes, Poet

"I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies"

Rahm Emanuel, Politician

"To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can't continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th"

Evan Bayh, Politician

"Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us"

Christopher Bond, Politician

"The wise learn many things from their enemies"

Aristophanes, Poet

"A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride"

Max Lerner, Journalist

"People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws"

Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian

"Since I was an atheist for many years and came to believe in God through my studies in science, it frustrated me to see students and parents who viewed faith and science as enemies"

John Clayton

"We pray that the deceitful race - such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ - be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony"

Peter Stuyvesant, Public Servant

"Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies"

Leon Uris, Writer

"Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases"

Manfred von Richthofen, Aviator

"Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation"

Robin Hayes, Politician

"Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach"

James Wolfe, Soldier

"Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies"

Linda Chavez, Author

"It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you"

Frank Dane

"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies"

Yitzhak Rabin, Statesman

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