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Enemy Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no…
- It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only 53 annually on the victims of poverty.
- A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam. A nation that continues year after year to…
- I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.
- Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you."
- So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.
- Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power.…
- A third reason why we should love our enemies is that love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. We…
- If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.
- There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.
- I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate,…
- Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’ method...is bitterness and…
- But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure…
- Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.
- Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.
- There's another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually think of what…
- Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of…
- We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.…
- In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
- Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
- Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his…
- Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are…
- Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody, because God loves them. You refuse to do anything that will defeat…
- Loving Your Enemies... Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this demand is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization.…
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