Adversaries Quotes

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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you. — Henry Ward Beecher
And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. — William Shakespeare
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be… — Patrick Henry
The Persian Gulf crisis has forged a new world order in which the superpower adversaries of the Cold War now stand united to reverse Iraq's… — George H. W. Bush
Give us a man, young or old, high or low, on whom we know we can thoroughly depend, who will stand firm when others fail;… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
It is astonishing that so simple a truth should ever have had an adversary; and it is one among a multitude of proofs, how apt… — Alexander Hamilton
Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to… — Frederick The Great
Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries. — Henry Wotton
Those who attack the rationale of the game, and not the players, are its most formidable adversaries. — James J. Martin
The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed. — Niccolo Machiavelli
In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in… — Glenn Cunningham
The further the soul advances, the greater are the adversaries against which it must contend. — Evagrius Ponticus
Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which… — Jimmy Carter
The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is unsatisfactory in present-day… — Ludwig von Mises
Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson,… — Abraham Lincoln
Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary;… — Thomas a Kempis
Buy ammunition! Remember that a man cannot have too many books, too many wines, or too much ammunition. Our adversaries on the other side are… — Jeff Cooper
As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people.… — Ronald Reagan
To answer the purpose of the adversaries of the Constitution, they ought to prove, not merely that particular provisions in it are not the best,… — Alexander Hamilton

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