Adversaries Quotes
245 quotes by 199 authors
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The adversary she found herself forced to fight was not worth matching or beating; it was not a superior ability which she would have found…
— Ayn Rand
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If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always to squeeze the hand of…
— James K. Polk
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I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will…
— Haley Barbour
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One of the big changes in the Congress since I first came to Washington is that all of these folks go home every weekend. They…
— Robert M. Gates
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If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied.
— Richard J. Foster
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To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it's always there, however, to…
— Criss Jami
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I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do…
— Monte Irvin
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John F. Kennedy:] Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring down an adversary to the choice…
— Elie Abel
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If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.
— Ronald Reagan
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No wonder nobody around the world is nervous about America anymore. No wonder we're not intimidating our adversaries and they're running around wild in the…
— Chris Christie
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Know my name is lost, By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit; Yet am I noble as the adversary I come to cope.
— William Shakespeare
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There needs to be a similar degree of flexibility and generosity in the recognition of the humaneness and worth of people who we generally consider…
— Jimmy Carter
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The good Lord gave me eight grandchildren, and I am convinced that through schools like Desert Christian that we are going to overwhelm the adversaries,…
— Oliver North
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As a work progresses, its power to elicit and dictate response mounts. There seems to be an optimum moment when this power is at its…
— Richard Diebenkorn
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When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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So the horns of the stag are sharp to offend his adversary, but are branched for the purpose of parrying or receiving the thrusts of…
— Erasmus Darwin
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He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater…
— Brigham Young
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The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity…
— Robert Toombs
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