Enemy Quotes

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I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians. — David Hume
The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. — Aldous Huxley
The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot. — William Ralph Inge
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But… — Washington Irving
I am more afraid of alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy. — Stonewall Jackson
The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths. — William James
One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental… — William James
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. — Thomas Jefferson
An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes. — Thomas Jefferson
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes… — Samuel Johnson
That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far… — June Jordan
We need to learn... how war brutalises and degrades winners and losers alike and what happens to us when, having heedlessly waged war for no… — Tony Judt
I know that elections must be limited only to those who understand that the Arabs are the deadly enemy of the Jewish state, who would… — Meir Kahane
People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They… — Daniel Kahneman
I would never call a neighbor an enemy. But I would request the neighbor to be a good neighbor, to see that the neighbor's interest… — Hamid Karzai
The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility. — John Keats
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. — Helen Keller
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. — John F. Kennedy
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. — John F. Kennedy
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. — John F. Kennedy

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