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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Elbert Hubbard

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Elbert Hubbard

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Elbert Hubbard

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

Quotes by Edvard Munch

The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear.

Quotes by Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.

Quotes by Eddie Rickenbacker

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

Quotes by E. W. Howe

We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.

Quotes by Duncan Hunter

John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.

Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him.

Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

Quotes by Diogenes

We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it's against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don't talk about them, or we don't talk about...

Quotes by Diane Ackerman

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.

Quotes by Desmond Tutu

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Quotes by Desmond Tutu

I've been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn't have to go through.

Quotes by Derrick Lewis

If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies across the globe. A failed Iraq would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. national security...

Quotes by Dennis Cardoza

Even paranoids have real enemies.

Quotes by Delmore Schwartz

Sometimes even paranoids have enemies.

Quotes by Delmore Schwartz

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

Quotes by Dean Acheson

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "enemies" quotes cover?
It ranges from a political observation about who needs protection, to family estrangement, a security-policy framing of "the enemy," and a personal reflection on deserving one's own enemies.
Does a quote here talk about protecting minorities?
Yes: "Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies."
Is family conflict covered in this collection?
One quote lists it starkly - fathers turning on children, siblings becoming "inveterate enemies," spouses deserting each other - before contrasting it with how "a mother's love endures through all."
Does this collection include any political or security commentary?
Yes, restrained: one quote frames it as a security question - "We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists." That's presented as the speaker's own framing in a policy discussion, not a claim about any specific group endorsed by this page.
Is there a more personal take on enemies here?
Yes: "I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends." See the Friends collection for the flip side.

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