"I have decided not to oppose anyone ever again, since I have noticed that I always end by resembling my latest enemy."
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"Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you."
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"I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors."
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"Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself."
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"A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy."
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"I'm down for you, so ride with me. My enemies your enemies, Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me."
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"The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy."
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"In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence."
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"Enemy-occupied territory---that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us to take part in a great campaign of sabotage."
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"Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building."
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"I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult."
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"Let my enemies devour each other."
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"No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him."
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"An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside."
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"Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within."
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"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything."
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"The enemy is not fundamentalism; it is intolerance. In this case, the intolerance is perverse since it masquerades under the "liberal" rhetoric of "equal time." But mistake it not."
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"The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy."
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"Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability."
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"If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near."
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