Enemy Quotes

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If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. — Desmond Tutu
Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down… — Desmond Tutu
In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends. — Peter Ustinov
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. — Paul Valery
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create. — Raoul Vaneigem
You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is… — Stevie Ray Vaughan
Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start… — John W. Vessey, Jr.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. — Voltaire
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. — Voltaire
If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy. — Kurt Vonnegut
I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people. — Lech Walesa
My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to… — Lech Walesa
If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. — Denzel Washington
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got… — George Washington
War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. — George Washington
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. — Orson Welles
The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age. — Orson Welles
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if… — Jessamyn West
I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war… — William Westmoreland

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