Enemy Quotes

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

Of your own indefatigable labor from early dawn and of your explicit instructions, that the batteries should reserve their ammunition, until the grand charge should commence, for which the enemy were undoubtedly preparing.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul.

By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies.

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Especially today as we fight the war on terror - against an enemy that represents hatred, extremism and stands behind no flag - we need to remember the sacrifices that have gone into protecting our flag.

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.

Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.

Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die.

Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.

The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy.

The current stage does not allow the entrance of everyone into a military conflict, however everyone must be ready for the day in which it might take place, as the Zionist enemy is planning to attack our people and to control our land once again.

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

The decision, therefore, lies here in the East; here must the Russian enemy, this people numbering two hundred million Russians, be destroyed on the battle field and person by person, and made to bleed to death .

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny.

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

There's an expression: Great is the enemy of the good. Sometimes in trying to be great, you make a mess of things.

Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies.

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Balance is the enemy of art.

I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw.