Quotes with enemy

Quotes 81 till 100 of 225.

  • Barack Obama In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the other does not. Which is why it bothers me when I hear people say that government is the enemy. They don't understand its fundamental role.
    Independent Magazine (March 2007)
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Raoul Vaneigem In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.
    Raoul Vaneigem
    Belgian philosopher (1934 - )
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  • Breyten Breytenbach In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.
    Breyten Breytenbach
    South African writer and painter (1939 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler In film or on stage, in reflecting life through art, an actor has a second take or another day with his or her performance if something goes wrong. Bullfighters are spies crossing into enemy lines. Any mistake, no matter how minor or trivial, is potentially fatal.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • George Orwell In moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one's own body.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Francis Bacon In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Dalai Lama (14th) In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
    Dalai Lama (14th)
    Tibetan spiritual leader (Tenzin Gyatso) (1935 - )
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  • Jean Paul Getty In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • Buddha It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • James Baldwin It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Madame Dorothé Deluzy It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
    Madame Dorothé Deluzy
    French actress
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  • William Blake It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
    Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Sally Kempton It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
    Sally Kempton
    American yoga teacher and author (1943 - )
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  • John Jay Chapman It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.
    John Jay Chapman
    American author (1862 - 1933)
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  • Thomas Paine It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by ;degrees, the consequences will be the same.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Margaret Thatcher It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Mark Twain It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Jeremy Taylor Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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  • Bryant H. McGill Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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