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Enemy Quotes by James Mattis
- No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy…
- You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going to be bad.
- If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out…
- I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
- You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that…
- The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need to…
- We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I am going to beg with…
- There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's just business.
- The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.
- PowerPoint makes us stupid.
- In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are, if you cannot create harmony-even vicious harmony-on the battlefield based on trust…
- Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing…
- Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.
- A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.
- Fight with a happy heart.
- You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.
- For the mission's sake, for our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in past battles - "who fought…
- Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy' than a U.S. Marine.
- An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.
- I don't get intelligence off a satellite. Iraqis tell me who the enemy is.
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