Enemies Quotes

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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults. — Antisthenes
Brothers and sisters, friends and enemies: I just can't believe that everyone in here is a friend and I don't want to leave anybody out. — Malcolm X
To his sister-in-law: What a contrast between us! You live a warm and glowing life, surrounded by loved ones whom you care for and who… — Alfred Nobel
When the Kerner Commission told white America what black America has always known, that prejudice and hatred built the nationâ€™s slums, maintains them and profits… — Shirley Chisholm
The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors of Russia, if they do… — George F. Kennan
Beware of the man who has no enemies. — Edward Abbey
Every writer has his favorite coterie of enemies: Mine is the East Coast literati -- those prep school playmates and their Ivy League colleagues. — Edward Abbey
There is a fine art to making enemies and it requires diligent cultivation. It's not as easy as it looks. — Edward Abbey
Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth of… — Edward Abbey
It is a cruel thought, that, when we feel ourselves standing on the firmest ground in every respect, the cursed arts of our secret enemies,… — Thomas Jefferson
Could I be assured that America would remain virtuous, I would venture to defy the utmost Efforts of Enemies to subjugate her. — Samuel Adams
We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important struggles and sacrifices,… — Thomas Jefferson
Americans rouse - be unanimous, be virtuous, be firm, exert your courage, trust in Heaven, and nobly defy the enemies both of God and man! — Alexander Hamilton
In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved,… — Lynn Johnston
Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger… — John Stuart Mill
Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails… — Will Durant
Occasionally, the whole class struggle may be summed up in the struggle for one word against another word. Certain words struggle amongst themselves as enemies.… — Louis Althusser
You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but… — Aristophanes
In general, the men of lower intelligence won out. Afraid of their own shortcomings and of the intelligence of their opponents, so that they would… — Thucydides
Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable… — Vaclav Havel

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