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Rollo May Psychologist, Author
Enemy

"The authentic rebel knows that the silencing of all his adversaries is the last thing on earth he wishes: their extermination would deprive him and whoever else remains alive from the uniqueness, the originality, and the capacity for insight that these enemies being human also have and could share with him. If we wish the death of our enemies, we cannot talk about the community of man. In the losing of the chance for dialogue with our enemies, we are the poorer."

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Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
Enemy

"The largest enemy of change isn't 'no', it's 'not yet' - that is the easiest way to forestall change."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
Enemy

"Voldemort uses people his enemies are close to. He's already used you as bait once, and that was just because you're my best friend's sister. Think how much danger you'll be in if we keep this up. He'll know, he'll find out. He'll try and get to me through you."

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Napoleon Bonaparte Military Leader, Emperor
Enemy

"France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Enemy

"It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence. The only safe way to overcome an enemy is to make of that enemy a friend."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Enemy

"The mentality which made one section of the Indians look upon another as enemies was suicidal; it could only serve to perpetuate their slavery."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Enemy

"All great religions have rightly regarded kama as the arch-enemy of man, anger or hatred coming only in the second place."

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