Devastation could arise insidiously, rather than suddenly, through unsustainable pressure on energy supplies, food, water and other natural resources. Indeed, these pressures are the prime ‘threats without enemies’ that confront us. – Martin Rees
I’m just trying to do my best in the circumstances and am very happy for everyone else to do the same so I don’t cultivate enemies. – Martin Bashir
In most cases, cables are marked secret not because the U.S. requires it but because those speaking to us – the foreign leaders across the table – do. They are not keeping secrets from us, but from two other groups: their enemies and their subjects. – Elliott Abrams
Politicians love to beat up on guys that are seen to be public enemies, if you will. That’s a great way to get elected. – Martin Shkreli
Freedom of ideas and communications is one of the things we are fighting for, and our enemies are fighting against. – Elmer Davis
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
If someone asked, ‘Would you prefer to be thought of as St. Michael as opposed to the devil,’ I might say St. Michael. But that choice is not really there, because you are in an environment in which you have natural predators and enemies. – Michael Ashcroft
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. – Friedrich Nietzsche
People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt. – Daniel Kahneman
History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had fewer than 100,000 men in uniform. That weakness invited Nazi aggression in Europe and the imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. – Frank Gaffney
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. – Paul Valery
Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it’s surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by a hostile superpower, the United States, which is constantly violating the U.N. charter by leaving open what they call the saying, ‘all options are open’ – meaning the threat of war. – Noam Chomsky
I’m just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I’m just the guy who makes happy. – Chubby Checker
As an observer, I react to the realities of Israeli life with both envy and relief. Nobody wants to live under the threat of constant attack from enemies right next door, under ceaseless and often unfair international scrutiny, defending his homeland by day and living with the memories of mass genocide at night. – Pete Hegseth
Equality and prosperity shouldn’t be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other. – Nicola Sturgeon
The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state. – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Who needs enemies when you’ve got Republican Surrenderists for Obamacare waiting in the wings? – Michelle Malkin
For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical circumstances. – Mariano Rajoy
To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can’t continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th. – Evan Bayh
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. – Petrarch
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. – Elbert Hubbard
Nowadays, it is no longer possible to maintain that the Nazi-Soviet pact of 23 August 1939 was a fiction invented by bourgeois-imperialist enemies. Everyone has seen the film clips of Herr Ribbentrop landing in Moscow, and of Stalin smiling broadly as Ribbentrop and Molotov signed up side by side. – Norman Davies
Ronald Reagan said, ‘Trust, but verify.’ President Obama is ‘trust, but vilify.’ He trusts our enemies and vilifies everyone who disagrees with him. – Mike Huckabee
If speech always wins, even if it’s an atomic secret that’s going to be broadcast to our enemies, it’s easy to make a decision. Speech always wins. But it doesn’t… Liberty doesn’t always trump equality or equality always trump liberty. – David Souter
