Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line.
Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.
Air power and military are meant to fight the enemy and not your own citizens... How do you differentiate a Maoist?... It will create a civil war-like situation.
Balance is the enemy of art.
Under the Constitution, giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason.
The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to.
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Time is my greatest enemy.
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
I was born in an enemy country. Only in America can someone who came from that beginning do what I am doing. It would never happen in Germany or Japan.
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.
Islamophobia has become so mainstream in this country that Americans have been trained to expect violence against Muslims - not excuse it, but expect it. And that's happened because you have an Islamophobia industry in this country devoted to making Americans think there's an enemy within.
One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.
Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition.
New terms used like, 'overseas contingency operation' instead of the word 'war' - that reflects a worldview that is out of touch with the enemy that we face. We can't spin our way out of this threat.
If I'm ever feeling uninspired, all I have to do is go see Exodus or Arch Enemy, and think 'Oh yeah, that's what we're doing this for.'
Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square... I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that our enemy is trying to do.
Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal political situation.
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
In responding to a terrorist attack, there are only two choices - take the fight to the enemy or wait until they hit you again. In my estimation, America chose the first.
If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.
The best is the enemy of the good.
In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.
CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized, predictable. Stamping out variance makes a complex job a bit less complex.
