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"Christians are supposed to love each other. Communists are supposed to share bonds with all proletarians and other communists. Every ideological group proclaims universality, and all of them bicker internally, never displaying unity except in the face of a common enemy. Humanism today is the common enemy of Christians."
"If I lived in another country, like a country that was, say, an enemy of the United States, I would be more amused than I am."
"A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them."
"A prince is also respected when he is a true friend and a true enemy; that is, when he declares himself on the side of one prince against another without any reservation."
"The reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order."
"It’s sad when friends become enemies. But what’s even worse is when they become strangers."
"Nobody supposes that doctors are less virtuous than judges; but a judge whose salary and reputation depended on whether the verdict was for plaintiff or defendant, prosecutor or prisoner, would be as little trusted as a general in the pay of the enemy."
"Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in the front line, to the nations associated with us in the war, and to the enemy."
"Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee."
"Here's to the confusion of our enemies!"
"There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist who starts with a false theory and then sees everything as making it come true is the most dangerous enemy of human reason."
"Art is not a democracy, in fact art is the enemy of democracy"
"It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly, that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety."
"My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks."
"Hate wears you down and doesn’t hurt your enemy. It’s like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die."
"Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race."
"No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy has surely a flaw in it which cannot sympathize with the oppressor equally as with the oppressed."
"The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies."
"When you imitate the enemy's tactics, you take on his liabilities."
"The reason we're getting bombed is 'cause we were on one side, and we're gonna remain on that side. We can't waver because these are our enemies right now. I'm sorry. I'm gonna say it out loud. The Arabs, that's right, are our enemies. That's right."
