Adversaries Quotes

245 quotes by 199 authors

And that is how we intend to destroy the enemy!" The superior shakes his head wearily. "Young man, the Soviets are our adversary. The Navy… — David Frum
For a strong adversary (corps) the opposition of twenty-four squadrons and twelve guns ought not to have appeared very serious, but in war the psychological… — Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary. — George Bernard Shaw
Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least… — Fred Thompson
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat to become American… — Ronald Reagan
Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to do but do not, and… — Dorotheus of Gaza
It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this… — Saadi
Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled. — Samuel Johnson
There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not… — Unknown Author
The human mind, in taking us down the path of technocracy, has become the adversary of life itself and collaterally the adversary of the human… — Konrad Lorenz
A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to… — Eugene V. Debs
Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The real life of the mind… — Susan Sontag
We still think of human disease as the work of an organized, modernized kind of demonology, in which the bacteria are the most visible and… — Lewis Thomas
Beware the wrath of a patient adversary. — John C. Calhoun
For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the… — Howard Staunton
For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King. — Howard Staunton
The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator. — Jonathan Franzen
...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point… — Criss Jami
The Adversary seldom loses when you play on his playing field. It's called the home court advantage. — Randall Wright
The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary. — Winston Churchill

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