#enemy

Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and men became controlled by the one thought of getting as far as possible from the enemy. ↗

— Henry Villard

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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. ↗

— Orson Welles

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As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.' ↗

— Duke of Wellington

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This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

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It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

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The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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