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- Nov 07, 2020
Enemies Quotes
On rivals, protection, and who we call an enemy.
These quotes look at enemies from several angles: a government's duty to protect those without power, a mother's love outlasting family rifts, and a blunt admission of deserving one's own rivals. For related thoughts on loyalty, see Friends quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
- Energies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.
- Nov 07, 2020
John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
- Disaster
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- Nov 07, 2020
We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it's against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don't talk about them, or we don't talk about them as much.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020