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Adversaries Quotes

Facing off, in different arenas entirely.

These adversaries quotes move from digital infrastructure vulnerable to outside threats to a vivid image of old-fashioned duels between fierce rivals. See our Able quotes for related themes.

As individuals and as a nation we have become dependent on a vast digital infrastructure. That, in turn, has made us vulnerable to cybercriminals and foreign adversaries that target that infrastructure.

Quotes by William Barr

The Internet allows foreign adversaries to attack America in new and unexpected ways. Free and fair elections are hard-fought and contentious. There will always be adversaries who work to exacerbate domestic differences and try to confuse, divide, and conquer us.

Quotes by Rod Rosenstein

While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader.

Quotes by Robert Teeter

Trade accords had been a staple of the post-World War II world, providing a mechanism for economic growth, development, and association with friends and allies, and a means of reining in would-be adversaries who otherwise would have little incentive to...

Quotes by Richard N. Haass

Able Quotes

It's too bad we can't take VA leadership and export it and give it to some of our adversaries around the planet. Let them suffer under VA's leadership.

Quotes by Mike Coffman

Our adversaries no long fear us, and our enemies are plotting against us.

Quotes by Michael McCaul

Free societies, which allow differences to speak and be heard, and live by intermarriage, commerce, and free migration, and democratic societies, which convert enemies into adversaries and reconcile differences without resort to violence, are societies in which the genocidal temptation...

Quotes by Michael Ignatieff

Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option because war with the United States will force them to bear enormous costs.

Quotes by Mark Esper

Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being.

Quotes by Ludwig von Mises

Age Quotes

Violent ideologies can proliferate and spread; threats are no longer contained by borders and oceans; and adversaries are as likely to be found in cyberspace as on the battlefield.

Quotes by Loretta Lynch

We cannot afford to have a president who thinks he's some sort of global community organizer standing over America on one side and our adversaries on the other. America must have a Commander in Chief. Not a global community organizer.

Quotes by Liz Cheney

Too often, we see wedge politics and petty rhetoric used to belittle adversaries and inflame partisan divisions.

Quotes by Larry Hogan

Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like wild beasts. Then it is that they might well covet those wonderful properties of the Indians of the prairies - their quick intelligence, their...

Jules Verne

Reputations can be built, attacked, and destroyed on social media. It's a huge game-changer - instantaneously emboldening adversaries and shortening the ride for any corporate or personal brand.

Quotes by Judy Smith

Always Quotes

Each FBI employee understands that to defeat the key threats facing our nation, we must constantly strive to be more efficient and more effective. Just as our adversaries continue to evolve, so, too, must the FBI.

Quotes by James Comey

Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.

Quotes by Jack Keane

Frankly, our adversaries are emboldened by the lack of American leadership in the world, and our friends and our allies, they have lost trust in us.

Quotes by Jack Keane

I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies...

Quotes by Haley Barbour

Every character needs an adversary - one who is both challenging and a contrast for the hero. The best adversaries reveal something about the character they're contrasting.

Quotes by Greg Rucka

Enemies Quotes

I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.

Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of adversaries appear in this topic?
It spans several very different fields — digital infrastructure risks, historical accounts of personal conflict, social media dynamics, and even a joking jab at bureaucratic leadership.
Is there a quote about digital or cyber threats?
Yes, one discusses how reliance on digital systems has left individuals and nations exposed to outside actors who target that infrastructure.
Does this topic reference older historical conflict?
One reflects on early American accounts of personal duels, describing how two opposing parties could turn dangerously hostile toward each other.
Is social media discussed as a source of conflict here?
Yes, one notes how quickly a reputation can be built or torn down online, giving outside critics an unusually fast and public platform.
What topic pairs naturally with adversaries quotes?
Our Enemies quotes are the closest match, sharing the same theme of facing opposition.

Others note how social media can instantly embolden rivals and one blunt wish that poor leadership be handed off to adversaries instead. Pair this with our Age or Enemies quotes.