Adversaries Quotes

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion… Nor is it enough that he should hear the opinions of adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them…he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends

They say a man should be judged by his enemies. I am very proud of mine.

You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.

War is an act of force, and to the application of that force there is no limit. Each of the adversaries forces the hand of the other, and a reciprocal action results which in theory can have no limit.

I like the enemy knowing there are a few guys like me around.

Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

A lot of boxers get along well. But if you have to fight each other, then leave that relationship behind.

All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.

I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

Those who stand on our side in the fight against terrorism are our friend. Those on the opposite side are our enemy.

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

Fight these hateful enemies.

I hope we, the American people, can come to the understanding that we are not each other's enemies. The enemies are those who are stoking the flames of division, trying to divide us into every category.

I saw my enemies in Munich, and they are worms.

People wonder why I dislike my opponents. It's not personal or that I hate them: it's just that I know what I've had to sacrifice to face them.

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

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and China are more likely to view each other as competitors if not adversaries. But the die has not been cast. The best possible outcome is a new understanding that when they cannot cooperate, they will coexist and allow all countries in the Pacific to grow and thrive.

Some people say the people I'm fighting are bums, but I don't see it like that.

We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies.

We shall support whatever our enemies oppose and oppose whatever our enemies support.

As many servants so many enemies.