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. – Douglas Brinkley
I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember. – Gerald R. Ford
The Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ. It confounds false doctrines and lays down contention. – Ezra Taft Benson
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 them as much. – Diane Ackerman
Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they’re willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies. – John Shelby Spong
There is no hint that Trump wishes to engage in or to foment violence against the enemies, such as immigrants, he has identified as undermining the American way of life. – Peter L. Bergen
After Big Media, U.S. colleges and universities are the biggest enemies of the values of red-state Americans. – Phyllis Schlafly
It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one’s enemies with courage. – Pericles
Healthy fiction, no matter how wildly it may depart from the material order, teaches us to love ourselves in a wholesome manner by loving our neighbor. Indeed, even by loving our enemies – at least by trying to learn to love them, and by believing that it is right to do so. With grace this is possible. – Michael O’Brien
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. – Plato
We have to be as militant defending America as the enemies of America are in trying to destroy America. – Newt Gingrich
I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must. – Maria Callas
We have real enemies, dedicated to dominating and eventually destroying us, and they are not going to be talked out of their hatred. – Michael T. Flynn
In America, now, let us – Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever – fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one’s enemies. A tall order, that – perhaps the tallest of all. – Jon Meacham
For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. – The Bible Romans 5:10
Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don’t know what to do. Love! – Donald Trump
The world is a vicious and brutal place. We think we’re civilized. In truth, it’s a cruel world and people are ruthless. They act nice to your face, but underneath they’re out to kill you…Even your friends are out to get you: they want your job, they want your house, they want your money, they want your wife, and they even want your dog. Those are your friends; your enemies are even worse! – Donald Trump
Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach. – James Wolfe
Lovers may be – and indeed generally are – enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations. – Lord Byron
The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers. – John Lawson
Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies. – Linda Chavez
What is the motive to the secret ballot? This, and only this: Like other confederates in crime, those who use it are not friends, but enemies; and they are afraid to be known, and to have their individual doings known, even to each other. – Lysander Spooner
I don’t know the capabilities of our enemies. But I found it quite easy to circumvent security at certain phone companies throughout the United States. So if an inquisitive kid can do it, why can’t a cyberterrorist do it? – Kevin Mitnick
A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. – Mahatma Gandhi
If you’re an enemy, I would love for you to be a fan, because I don’t like enemies. – Jason David Frank
