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Enemy Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit…
- Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may…
- Obviousness is always the enemy of correctness.
- In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercise their terrorism without illegality, since they do…
- I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in…
- Speaking psycho-analytically, it may be laid down that any "great ideal" which people mention with awe is really an excuse for inflicting pain on their…
- We do not like to be robbed of an enemy; we want someone to hate when we suffer. It is so depressing to think that…
- You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step…
- There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice…
More Enemy Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. — Dean Acheson
- Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so… — Dan Aykroyd
- In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
- We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling… — Douglas Bader
- Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. — Alec Baldwin
- It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James A. Baldwin
- The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if… — Stanley Baldwin
- Biography should be written by an acute enemy. — Arthur Balfour
- Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always… — Hosea Ballou