Enemy Quotes - Page 11

• Slavery's crime against humanity did not begin when one people defeated and enslaved its enemies (though of course this was bad enough), but when slavery became an institution in which some men were 'born' free and others slave, when it was forgotten that it was man who had deprived his fellow-men of freedom, and when the sanction for the crime was attributed to nature.

  Hannah Arendt

  Men, People, Humanity

  Hannah Arendt (1968). “Imperialism: Part Two Of The Origins Of Totalitarianism”, p.189, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.

  Buffalo Bill

  Boys, Fire, Order

  Buffalo Bill (1879). “The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography”, p.58, U of Nebraska Press

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• No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect.

  William Saroyan

  Annoying, Stills, Suspects

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• As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.

  Duke of Wellington

  War, Names, Lists

  Dispatch to Torrens, 29 August 1810 (usually quoted as 'I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me', and also attributed to George III)

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• Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Commitment, Keeping Promises, Broken Promises

  "Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom".

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• It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.

  Eric Hoffer

  Hate, Easier, Despise

  ERIC HOFFER (1963). “THE TRUE BELIEVER”

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• We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

  Oswald Chambers

  God, Soul, Looks

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.416, Discovery House

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• Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.

  Leon Trotsky

  Education, Revolutionary, Danger

  Leon Trotsky (1925). “Literature and Revolution”, p.169, Haymarket Books

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• Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust defenses or recuperate.

  Henry H. Arnold

  Military, Opportunity, Air

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• Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Leadership, Wise

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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• I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

  Ann Richards

  Friendship, Hurt, Funny Friend

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• I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day of judgement.

  King Hussein I

  Hurt, Past, Long

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• The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Friendship, Hate, Lost Love

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “Thus spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None”, p.101, Friedrich Nietzsche

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• He who cheats with an oath acknowledges that he is afraid of his enemy, but that he thinks little of God.

  Plutarch

  Thinking, Littles, Cheat

  'Parallel Lives' 'Lysander' ch. 8.

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• Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

  Sun Tzu

  Crush, Art, War

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.7, Xist Publishing

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• Never say things to friends which you don't want to hear from enemies.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Bhajans, Want

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• He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Forgiveness, Wise

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.64, Beacon Press

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• To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Sad, Broken Heart, Lonely

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.211

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• Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

  Henry Miller

  Men, Race, Humans

  Tropic of Cancer (1934) p. 280

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• The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.545, Anchor

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• Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Hope, Falling In Love, Giving Up

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• Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.

  Thomas Sowell

  Teacher, Children, Teaching

  Thomas Sowell (2002). “Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• When a man but half forgives his enemy, it is like leaving a bag of rusty nails to interpose between them.

  Hugh Latimer

  Men, Leaving, Forgiving

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  There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

  Homer

  Love, Marriage, Wedding

  Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

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• The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

  Henry Miller

  Love, Real, Mets

  Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare”, p.274, New Directions Publishing

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