Quotes About Enemies

The man who listens not to the words of affectionate friends will give joy in the time of distress to his enemies.

We are one people—our enemies have made us one whether we will or not, as has repeatedly happened in history. Affliction binds us together, and thus united, we suddenly discover our strength. Yes, we are strong enough to form a State, and, indeed, a model State.

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us

Both Jefferson and Adams were wary of priests in all forms, as they both knew theocracies are enemies of democracy. Jefferson pointed out that the Indians shared their wariness:

by patience and true humility we become stronger than all our enemies.

To be knav'd out of our graves, to have our skulls made drinking-bowls, and our bones turned into pipes, to delight and sport our enemies, are tragical abominations escaped in burning burials.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

If you had no enemies, you had no fun.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

To be complete, a journey presupposes the deconstruction of prejudices and stereotypes. A traveler's shift in focus and his revision of priorities and of his mistrust are the clearest manifestations of this process. In this regard, our relations with enemies are of special interest.

crime of war" is a criminal activity of which the defeated enemies, but not the victors, are guilty.

for the "bystanders," to use psychologist Ervin Staub's term—whose active and tacit cooperation was necessary to implement Hitler's genocidal designs, Allied bombing seemed to be a war crime against Germans that justified harsh retaliation against the supposed enemies in their midst, the Jews.

We've always been enemies, Flay. And we always will be.

General [De Gaulle], you must not hate your friends more than you hate your enemies

Despite his intent, tears sprang to his eyes, and he went into her embrace, both of them sobbing freely, like enemies joined by a common loss or lovers about to be parted. Or else souls who could not remember whether they were lovers or enemies and were weeping at their own confusion.

He told her that every one of her enemies, all the masters and overseers of her suffering, would be punished, if not in this world then the next, for justice may be slow and invisible, but it always renders its true verdict in the end.

Sometimes such an experience bound one person to another; just as often the shame of one's powerlessness made all witnesses into enemies.

Thus with cautious steps, among deceived enemies, I circulated, plated with poetry, armored with rhymes, stout with another man's song, stiff with cardboard, bullet-proof at long last.

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

A leader is known as much by the quality of his enemies as the quantity of his friends, and Ted Kennedy's greatest enemy was the president of the United States. Nixon feared that the senator from Massachusetts might one day rise from the dark waters of Chappaquiddick to challenge him and his party. Nixon

For every ten jokes - thou hast got an hundred enemies...

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless likewise, but also eat into his works. Besides, a reckless king will easily fall into the hands of his enemies. Hence the king shall ever be wakeful.

a central task of democratic politics is to provide the institutions which will permit conflicts to take an 'agonistic' form, where the opponents are not enemies but adversaries among whom exists a conflictual consensus.

Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends.