Quotes About Enemies

She was unsurprised to see that the war had resulted in an unprecedented drawing together of humanity. Even the Zarians had put aside their differences with the League in order to join forces against their shared enemies. What was the point of arguing amongst yourselves if the monsters in the dark were attacking?

Empathy? Empathy? What empathy can I afford my enemies? Shall I dither about whether to defend myself because it will cause someone pain? If that had been the case, I would have died years ago! You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.

Ne pas se faire quelques ennemis de temps en temps, c'est de la lâcheté ou de l'hypocrisie.

when your true enemies are too strong, you have to choose weaker enemies. I reflected that this is why the simple are so called. Only the powerful always know with great clarity who their true enemies are.

He replied that when your true enemies are too strong, you have to choose weaker enemies. I reflected that this is why the simple are so called. Only the powerful always know with great clarity who their true enemies are.

Me respondió que, cuando los verdaderos enemigos son demasiado fuertes, hay que buscarse otros enemigos más débiles.

Yaln?z güçlüler, gerçek düÅŸmanlar?n?n kimler olduklar?n? her zaman aç?k seçik olarak bilirler.

The simple cannot choose their personal heresy, Adso; they cling to the man preaching in their land, who passes through their village or stops in their square. This is what their enemies exploit.

Ahora bien, desde el principio se construyen como enemigos no tanto a los que son diferentes y que nos amenazan directamente (como sería el caso de los bárbaros), sino a aquellos que alguien tiene interés en representar como amenazadores aunque no nos amenacen directamente, de modo que lo que ponga de relieve su diversidad no sea su carácter de amenaza, sino que sea su diversidad misma la que se convierta en señal de amenaza. Véase

So she would lie and sob out her grief upon his shoulder, while he gazed at her, as helpless as a wounded animal, the target of unseen enemies.

Everybody knew who had murdered Castillo—except those heads of the government who believed in democracy and peace, in civil liberties and freedom of speech, so ardently that they couldn't make any move against the sworn enemies of these blessings.

which seemed to Lanny the great tragedy of the workers' movement; he thought they had enemies enough among the capitalist class, without dividing among themselves. Yet he was forced to realize that if you believed revolutionary violence to be necessary, you were apt to be violent in advocating it; while if you believed in peaceable methods—well, apparently the men of violence would force you to be violent against them!

Where jargon turns living issues into abstractions, and where jargon ends by competing with jargon, people don't have causes. They only have enemies; only the enemies are real.

What was all this? He knew only too well. The statistical method! Probability theory! There was a greater probability of finding enemies among people of a non-proletarian background. And it was on these same grounds – probability theory – that the German Fascists had destroyed whole peoples and nations. The principle was inhuman, blind and inhuman. There was only one acceptable way of relating to people – a human way.

Future generations will learn whether human nature has remained constant—and thus enemies who face only a temporary loss of freedom will prove more, not less, bloodthirsty against both soldier and civilian.

Over the years, I've come to believe that we need enemies. They're how we define ourselves and fighting them gives us purpose. In the absence of a viable external threat, we begin turning on ourselves. I don't want Russia as an ally. I just want to keep the cold war between us from becoming hot.

Over the years, I've come to believe that we need enemies. They're how we define ourselves and fighting them gives us purpose. In the absence of a viable external threat, we begin turning on ourselves.

took him back to a simpler time. A time when America's enemies were external and could be eradicated with a gun.

Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.

We can't bear to be deceived by our enemies, and betrayed by our friends; yet are often content to be so served by ourselves.

People with secrets shouldn't make enemies. People with destinies shouldn't make plans.

Tenemos tantos enemigos. La mayoría de ellos son ineludibles, los heredamos como una obligación, pero los que nos buscamos nosotros mismos son especiales. Deberíamos elegirlos con cuidado.

Folk med hemligheter ska inte skaffa sig fiender (s. 75).

We have so many enemies, Lisseth," said Karou, keeping her voice light. "Most of them are our birthright, inherited like a duty, but the ones we make for ourselves are special. We should choose them with care.