#adversaries

Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries. ↗

— Henry Wotton

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Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

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I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions. ↗

— Haley Barbour

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The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist. ↗

— Friedrich Engels

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The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. ↗

— Mark Twain

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The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

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We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

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The most courageous act in politics is to try to understand your opponent. ↗

— Alain de Botton

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If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third. ↗

— Robert Jordan

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