Enemies Quote

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
Edward Abbey
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The last of our enemies is laid low.
Clement Attlee
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Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom
by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
Dean Acheson

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“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
Oscar Wilde quotes (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)

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“The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me”
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“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes (American Baptist Minister and Civil-Rights Leader. 1929-1968)
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“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

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“Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies”
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“You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks”
Eskimo Proverb quotes

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“Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards.”

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“A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have”
Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th US President (1861-65), who brought about the emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865)

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“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
Albert Einstein quotes (German born American Physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. 1879-1955)
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“I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!”
Warren G. Harding quotes (American President, 1865-1923)
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“Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend”
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“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.”
Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th US President (1861-65), who brought about the
emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865)
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“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the
enemy.”
Henry Kissinger quotes (American Political scientist. b.1923)
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“The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you
than the friends you make by being on the fence”
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“Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.”
Benjamin Franklin quotes (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer,
Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)
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“He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself”
Chinese Proverbs quote
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“You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours.”
Benjamin Franklin quotes (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer, Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)
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“It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you”
Mark Twain quotes (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)
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“A flatterer is a secret enemy”
Hungarian Proverb quotes
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“The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"”
Benjamin Franklin quotes (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer,
Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)
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“Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.”
Benjamin Franklin quotes (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer,
Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)
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“Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
Elbert Hubbard quotes (American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915)
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“Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies”
Charles D'Hericault quotes
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“Keep your enemies in front of you”
Chris Matthews quotes
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“Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.”
Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan
Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)
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“I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.”
Benjamin Franklin quotes (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer,
Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)
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“Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.”
Benjamin Franklin quotes (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer, Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)

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“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
Napoleon Bonaparte quotes (French General, Politician and Emperor (1804-14). 1769- 1821)
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“Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work”
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“In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can
be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.”
Anne Sophie Swetchine quotes ((1782-1857))
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“Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”
Richard M. Nixon quotes (American 37th US President (1969-74), 1913-1994)
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“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.” Eric Hoffer quotes (American Writer, 1902-1983)
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“Enemies are so stimulating.”
Katharine Hepburn quotes (American actress)
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“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”
Aesop quotes (Ancient Greek Fabulist and Author of a collection of Greek fables. 620
BC-560 BC)
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“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
African Proverb quotes
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“He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)
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“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?”
Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th US President (1861-65), who brought about the
emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865)
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“Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake”
Persian Proverb quotes
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“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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“Forget your enemies. It's your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems.”
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Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
Elizabeth Bowen