Animosity Quotes

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Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. — Charlotte Bronte
I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man,… — Jimmy Carter
You can let hate, animosity and anger eat away at you, or you can let it go and begin again. — Leon Brown
Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment,… — Walter Savage Landor
A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and… — James Madison
I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities. — Ambrose Bierce
The second effort was spreading the word among the people, first, in a bid to raise their morale, and second to instil in them a… — Hassan Nasrallah
Every Muslim, from the moment they realize the distinction in their hearts, hates Americans, hates Jews and hates Christians. For as long as I can… — Osama bin Laden
All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if… — Mark Twain
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan… — Grover Cleveland
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from other states] would be introduced… — James Madison
The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its… — George Washington
He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity — Confucius
Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead — Louise Brooks
Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual… — George Washington
Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments,… — Jerzy Grotowski
For a quick lap at the Nrburgring, you've probably experienced more in seven minutes...than most people have experienced in all their life in the way… — Jackie Stewart
But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness - each system only too delighted to find… — Herbert Butterfield
The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person... — Barack Obama

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