Enemy Quotes - page 4

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. (Thomas Paine)
I see that old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down. View quote
Douglas MacArthur
. . . you know nothing about Hope, that immortal, delicious maiden forever courted forever propitious, whom fools have called deceitful, as if it were Hope that carried the cup of disappointment, whereas it is her deadly enemy, Certainty, whom she only es. View quote
George Eliot
I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they terrify me. View quote
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have. View quote
Truman Capote
Conditions to the north of us, in the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts zone of action, and our offensive on Kharkov demands that we not lose time and we commit all forces so that we can draw off as many divisions as possible from Kharkov. And even if we do not draw them off, at least we will not give Manstein the ability to take any of his units from our part of the front. If we attract one or two German tank divisions - it will be the best contribution to the defeat of the enemy in the south. View quote
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. View quote
Cicero
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. View quote
Carlos Castaneda
Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three. View quote
Robert Jordan
Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain. View quote
Nagarjuna
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time. (George S. Patton)
Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race. View quote
Henry Miller
Biography should be written by an acute enemy. View quote
Arthur Balfour
Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals. View quote
David Ogilvy
The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats. View quote
Stonewall Jackson
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is, never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part, of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible. View quote
Stonewall Jackson
Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality. View quote
Joyce Carol Oates
A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. View quote
Lois McMaster Bujold
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. View quote
George Washington
Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves. View quote
Betty Friedan
If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose? (Chuck Palahniuk)
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. View quote
James Baldwin
Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind. View quote
Gene Fowler
The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit. View quote
Davy Crockett
Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order. View quote
Samuel Butler (novelist)