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Quotes About Enemies

The Iranians don't want the same thing we do in Iraq, not really; they want to control Iraq... the Ayatollah hates the United States; the Iranians are enemies of the United States.
~ Elliott Abrams
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
~ Harold Nicolson
The bombers were enemies of Islam and enemies of the country. We will do everything and anything needed to stop them.
~ Khaleda Zia
Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too?
~ Robert Fisk
Do I like foreign aid? Sometimes, but not every time. Don't like giving money to our enemies, but I love giving money to Israel.
~ Dan Webster
Jews must be able to live with enemies and defend themselves from them. The hatred for Israel has not disappeared.
~ Yitzhak Shamir
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.
~ Francis Bacon
You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies; but you never read, that we are commanded to forgive our friends. But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune: Shall we (saith he) take good at God's hands, and not be content to take evil also? And so of friends in a
~ Francis Bacon
Should; shouldn't; ought; oughtn't—the enemies of contentment.
~ Frank Delaney
An exhortation from one beggar to another: keep sacrificing. Keep losing. Keep laying your life down. Keep loving your enemies. Keep blessing those who despise you. Keep refusing to return fire upon those who bad-mouth you. Keep pouring your life into others, even if those people never acknowledge it and even if others never notice. Keep faithfully serving your Lord without looking back. Why? Because there is One who is watching. And only His opinion matters.
~ Frank Viola
The more the people understand, the more watchful they become, and the more they come to realize that finally everything depends on them and their salvation lies in their own cohesion, in the true understanding of their interests, and in knowing who their enemies are. The people come to understand that wealth is not the fruit of labor but the result of organized, protected robbery.
~ Frantz Fanon
The more the people understand, the more vigilant they become, the more they realize in fact that everything depends on them and that their salvation lies in their solidarity, in recognizing their interests and identifying their enemies. The people understand that wealth is not the fruit of labor but the spoils from an organized protection racket.
~ Frantz Fanon
Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Like all of life's important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
~ Fred Rogers
Trade is very old. In the state of nature, trade is something people do to their enemies. They don't trade with kin.
~ Fredy Perlman
ìYou may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Liberal institutions straightway cease from being liberal the moment they are soundly established: once this is attained no more grievous and more thorough enemies of freedom exist than liberal institutions.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of the truth than lies.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
bit you, Kendra, but I could never take control of you. Your mind is shielded. None of those enemies are of serious interest except for the Sphinx and Mr. Lich. Despite her delusions, Torina is really just a minor player. I'm curious about the person in the mask. Could it have been the prisoner from the Quiet Box?
~ Brandon Mull
The fate of the world in the balance. A hurricane of enemies swirling around us. It's almost enough to make a guy feel alive again.
~ Brandon Mull
So . . . ," I said. "You're saying that by the end of our training, you expect us to be able to use grappling hooks made of energy to smash our enemies with flaming chunks of space debris ?" "Yes." "That . . . ," I whispered, "that's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Tremble and fear, all enemies!" he shouted. "For we shall shake the air with thunder and blood! Your doom is imminent!
~ Brandon Sanderson
That soup tasted better than the blood of my enemies. Considering I'd never actually tasted the blood of my enemies, perhaps that didn't do justice to the soup.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Pilots are never 'peachy,' girl. We're spirited." "Or," I added, "briskly energized by the prospect of dealing death to the coming enemies." "Or that," Cobb said. "If you're psychotic.
~ Brandon Sanderson