Enemy Quotes

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The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as… — Chester W. Nimitz
Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you. — Morihei Ueshiba
Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability. — Sun Tzu
[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours… — William Halsey
That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms. — George Bernard Shaw
A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it, but to prevent… — George Bernard Shaw
The great error of nearly all studies of war, an error into which all socialists have fallen, has been to consider war as an episode… — Simone Weil
Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you… — Marian Wright Edelman
Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not listening to wicked… — Thomas Jefferson
Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy. — Sun Tzu
If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the… — Sun Tzu
God almighty, in a few short hours we will be in battle with the enemy. We do not join battle afraid. We do not ask… — Robert Lee Wolverton
A careless way of sauntering across the earth and breaking open its treasures, a terrible dependency on sucking out the world's best juices for ourselves-these… — Barbara Kingsolver
A cowboy never takes unfair advantage - even of an enemy. — Gene Autry
If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends. — Elbert Hubbard
Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies. — Leon Uris
People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have… — Edmund Burke
It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. Fas est ab hoste doceri. — Ovid
The key to success is to risk thinking unconventional thoughts. Convention is the enemy of progress. — Trevor Baylis
Politics is the enemy of the imagination. — Ian Mcewan

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