Enemy Quotes
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We're fighting an enemy that is far different than any we have got before. It's a nontraditional kind of war, and I think we need to step back, recalibrate how we go about protecting our borders and protecting our people, and resetting our position in the world.
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Who’s gonna make you happy when you’re your own worst enemy?
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When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.
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Historically, war journalists have embedded themselves with one side, which means the greatest threat comes from the clearly delineated enemy of that side.
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Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.
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Strike the enemy's settlements, turn them into dust, pave the Arab roads with the skulls of Jews.
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The Soviet Union and something called communism per se had not been the object of Washington's global attacks. There had never been an International Communist Conspiracy. The enemy was, and remains, any government or movement, or even individual, that stands in the way of the expansion of the American Empire; by whatever name the US gives to the enemy - communist, rogue state, drug trafficker, terrorist.
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The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.
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We can't be afraid to call the enemy what it is: Radical Islamic terrorism.
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If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory.
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And we ask the American people to play an important part of our layered defense. We ask for cooperation, patience and a commitment to vigilance in the face of a determined enemy.
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In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.
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Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.
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If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
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Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line.
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Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be reconsidered. We must develop effective espionage and counterespionage services and must learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies by more clever, more sophisticated, and more effective methods than those used against us. It may become necessary that the American people be made acquainted with, understand and support this fundamentally repugnant philosophy.
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The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force.
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Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
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King Agis said, "The Lacedaemonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."
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Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.
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Of your own indefatigable labor from early dawn and of your explicit instructions, that the batteries should reserve their ammunition, until the grand charge should commence, for which the enemy were undoubtedly preparing.
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The enemy has assailed my outposts in heavy force. I have fallen back on the line of Bull Run and will make a stand at Mitchell's Ford.
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A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it.
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Cervantes shrewdly advises to lay a bridge of silver for a flying enemy.
