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“I don't think we should be engaged in nation-building. It's not our job to turn foreign nations into democratic utopias, to try to turn Iraq into Switzerland. It is the military's job to hunt down and kill our enemies, to kill ISIS before they murder American citizens and they wage jihad.”

Thinking Should Trying Jobs Turns Nations Enemy Military Building Citizens Murder Down And Democratic Iraq Engaged Hunts Isis Utopia American Citizens Jihad Switzerland Nation Building

Author:Ted Cruz

“We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.”

Thinking Men Should Children Enemy Cease

Author:Karen DeCrow

“We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.”

Should Enemy Modern Worst Sells Modern Life Cuban Worst Enemy

Author:Ed Koch

“According to true military art, one should never push one's enemy to the point of despair, because such a state multiplies his strength and increases his courage which had already been crushed and failing, and because there is no better remedy for the health of beaten and overwhelmed men than the absence of all hope.”

Men Should Art War States Enemy Failing Military Despair Increase Absence Remedy Beaten Overwhelmed Crushed

Author:Francois Rabelais

“By all odds, earliest man, so naked to the elements and to deadly enemies, should have existed in a state of constant shock. We find him instead the only lighthearted being in a deadly serious universe.... He alone, with childish carelessness, tinkered and played, and exerted himself more in the pursuit of superfluities than of necessities. Yet the tinkering and playing, and the fascination with the nonessential, were a chief source of the inventiveness which enabled man to prevail over better-equipped and more-purposeful animals.”

Men Should States Universe Animal Enemy Serious Source Elements Should Have Constant Pursuit Naked Chiefs Shock Odds Fascination Carelessness Inventiveness Tinkering

Author:Eric Hoffer

“It is Mortifying to suppose it possible that a people able and zealous to contend with the Enemy should be reduced to fold their Arms for want of the means of defence; yet no resources that we know of, ensure us against this event.”

People Knows Want Should Mean Able Enemy Events Arms Resources Patriotism Folds Defence Zealous

Book:Memoirs Corespondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson Late, President of the United States: Now First Published the Original Manuscripts

Source: Memoirs Corespondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson Late, President of the United States: Now First Published the Original Manuscripts

“The terrifying message of gay liberation is that men are capable of loving their brothers. It should be sweet news to every womanin the world, for, if the capacity of men to love whom they have been taught to treat as competitors and enemies can transcend their education, the world can begin to heal.”

Ifs Men World Should Has Beens Enemy Taught Sweet Brother Gay Messages News Capable Capacity Treats Heal Liberation Competitors Gay Liberation

Book:A Hot-Eyed Moderate: Essays

Source: A Hot-Eyed Moderate: Essays

“Just because somebody happens to disagree with you about something doesn't mean that they become your mortal enemy and that you should try to destroy them and destroy their life and destroy their family.”

Should Trying Mean Happens Enemy Mortals Disagree Mortal Enemies

Author:Benjamin Carson

“A man's enemies are those he should endeavor first to make his friends.”

Men Should Firsts Enemy Endeavor

Author:Norm MacDonald

“I find that forgiving one's enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it.”

Should Pleasure Enemy Forgiving Checks Curious Morbid

Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde

“One of the greatest difficulties in civil war is, that more art is required to know what should be concealed from our friends, than what ought to be done against our enemies.”

Knows Should Art War Done Enemy Friends Ought Art Is Difficulty Civil War Concealed

Book:The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“All ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet, a man of the world should know them. They are the outworks of Mannersand Decency, which would be too often broken in upon, if it were not for that defence, which keeps the enemy at a proper distance.”

Ifs Knows Men World Should Would Be Enemy Broken Distance Silly Ceremony Decency Defence Silly Things

Author:Lord Chesterfield

“You should forgive your enemies and if you haven't any, just forgive a few of your friends.”

Ifs Should Enemy Havens Forgiveness Forgiving Forgive Your Enemies

Author:Howard Marion-Crawford

“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.”

Should Wells Has Beens War States United Enemy United States Strategy Threat Leaving Borders Iran Occupation Hostile Superpower Charter Deterrent

Author:Noam Chomsky

“I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think this was at the very center of Jesus' thinking, is this: that hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe.”

Thinking Should Firsts Reason Hate Universe Evil Jesus Existence Enemy Peace And Justice

Book:A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students

Source: A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students

“I believe from what I have lately seen that we should be substantially safe were our Citizens Armed, but we have not as many Arms as we have Enemies in the State.”

Should Believe States I Believe Enemy Arms Citizens Safe

Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia I, Correspondence, 1780 - 1782

Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia I, Correspondence, 1780 - 1782

“I've always felt that poetry is the enemy of silence, but of course, in the right moments, silence can be useful. The trick is just trying to figure out when. And when I say silence, I suppose I actually meant erasure - poetry is a force against that, I think, or it should be.”

Thinking Should Trying Moments Courses Force Felt Silence Enemy Figures Tricks Poetry Is Right Moment

Author:Cornelius Eady

“We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.”

Should Hands Seems Enemy Worst Critical Infrastructure Worst Enemy

Author:Duncan Hunter

“It is written that the last enemy to be vanquished is death. We should begin early in life to vanquish this enemy by obliterating every trace of the fear of death from our minds. Then can we turn to life and fill the whole horizon of our souls with it, turn with added zest to all the serious tasks which it imposes and to the pure delights which here and there it affords.”

Should Mind Soul Whole Lasts Turns Enemy Written Serious Pure Tasks Delight Horizon Fear Of Death Here And There Zest Vanquish

Author:Felix Adler

“A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that's not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn't mean we're not going to fight them.”

Men Should Mean Said Fighting Enemy Pieces Advice Love You Scary Great Men Love Your Enemies

Author:Norman Schwarzkopf

“I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make the film. And I believed the director should be that one man. One man should do it - I didn't give a damn who. I just couldn't accept art as a committee. I could only accept art as an extension of an individual.”

Men Giving Should Art Film Individual Accepting Enemy Directors Majors Studios Damn One Man Committees Extensions

Author:Frank Capra

“In trans-border relations, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies or even permanent borders. There are only permanent interests and everything should be done to secure these interests.”

Should Done Interest Enemy Relation Secure Permanent Borders Trans

Author:Chanakya

“In praying for His enemies not only did Christ set before us a perfect example of how we should treat those who wrong us an hate us, but He also taught us never to regard any as beyond the reach of prayer.”

Should Hate Christ Prayer Perfect Enemy Example Taught Praying Treats Regard Taught Us

Book:The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross

Source: The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross

“All people should disclose whether they submit to Allah or not. Those who are against us are our enemies and must be fought. That includes people who call themselves Muslims but who don't lead their lives as such - people who drink, who don't pray, who don't fast, who have constantly changing partners and who are unable to recite the Koran.”

People Should Enemy Praying Drink Partners Submit

Author:Abdul Sattar Abu Risha

“A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.”

Ifs Should Wells Left Enemy Fronts Ought Chiefs Remedy Uncertain Commanders Commander In Chief

Book:Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut

Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut

“Nothing that comes from God will minister to my pride of self-congratulation. If I am tempted to be complacent and to feel superior because I have had a remarkable vision or an advanced spiritual experience, I should go at once to my knees and repent of the whole thing. I have fallen victim to the enemy.”

Ifs Feels Should Self Whole Spiritual Vision Enemy Pride Victim Gods Will Superiors Ministers Knees Fallen Remarkable Congratulations Tempted Repent Complacent Spiritual Experience

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer

“There are some truths, however, that we should never forget: Superstition has always been the relentless enemy of science; faith has been a hater of demonstration; hypocrisy has been sincere only in its dread of truth, and all religions are inconsistent with mental freedom.”

Should Has Beens Forget Enemy Hypocrisy Sincere Never Forget Superstitions Dread Demonstration Relentless Inconsistent

Book:Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. : Complete

Source: Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. : Complete

“Arms cannot be regarded as merchandise in our world. They should be delivered to the peoples asking for them for use against the common enemy without any charge at all, and in quantities determined by the need and their availability.”

World Needs Should Use Common Enemy Arms Asking Determined Our World Quantity Availability Merchandise Common Enemy

Author:Che Guevara

“One of the surest ways of forming good combinations in war would be to order movements only after obtaining perfect information of the enemy's proceedings. In fact, how can any man say what he should do himself; if he is ignorant what his adversary is about?”

Ifs Men Way Should War Facts Would Be Order Perfect Enemy Information Movement Ignorant Combination Adversaries Proceeding Obtaining

Book:The Art of War

Source: The Art of War

“We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers.”

Should War Use Force Enemy Military Example Soldier Determine Criminals Classic Afghanistan Criteria Military Force Waging War

Author:Otto Schily

“People sometimes focus on the red button hot topic issues and I'm, like, you know, who cares about priestly celibacy? I'm thinking about how am I forgiving my enemies? How am I turning the other cheek? How am I loving my neighbor as myself? To me that's 10,000 times more difficult than to say should priests be married or not be married? I'm, like, I think we're wasting all out energies on the wrong thing. Let's work on the most difficult stuff.”

“A famous, very often quoted phrase says: "That government is best, which governs least." I do not believe this to be a correct description of of the functions of a good government. Government ought to do all the things for which it is needed and for which it is established. Government ought to protect the individuals within the country against the violent and fraudulent attacks of gangsters, and it should defend the country against foreign enemies. These are the functions of government within a free system, within the system of the market economy.”

Should Believe Country Government Individual Enemy Economy Ought Needed Protect Function Violent Phrases Description Gangsters Market Economy

Book:Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow

Source: Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow

“For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind.”

Should Mind Persons Helping Compassion Enemy Practice Essentials And Love Grateful Tolerance Cherish Be Grateful Tranquil

Book:In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy

Source: In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy

“With money we really fool ourselves. We are our biggest enemies with money and there are some things we can do about it. Automatic deductions are a wonderful thing. But ideally, you should wait until the end of the month, you can see how much extra money you had, and you should put that in your savings account. We don't do that too well, and if we did that, we would never save. So, what we do, is we take money out of our pocket into the saving account at the beginning of the month, take it outside of our control and as a consequence, we spend less and we save more.”

Ifs Should Wells Ends Waiting Can Do Enemy Wonderful Fool Months Consequence Accounts Saving Extras Pockets Wonderful Things Savings Deductions Savings Accounts

Author:Dan Ariely

“The economic issues are most vital for us and it is of the highest importance that we should fight our biggest enemies - Poverty, unemployment.”

Should Fighting Enemy Poverty Issues Economic Highest Importance Unemployment Economic Issues

Book:Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri commemoration souvenir

Source: Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri commemoration souvenir

“A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it.”

Should Enemy Office Fellows Bosoms Bosom Friends

Book:Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son

Source: Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son

“No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.”

Knows Men Should Children Philosophy Pay Attention Enemy Wife Life Philosophy Treats Neighbor Pay Attention Sermons Lectures Subordinates Delivering

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“Of all persons the Christian should be best prepared for whatever the New Year brings. He has dealt with life at its source. In Christ he has disposed of a thousand enemies that other men must face alone and unprepared. He can face his tomorrow cheerful and unafraid because yesterday he turned his feet into the ways of peace and today he lives in God. The man who has made God his dwelling place will always have a safe habitation.”

“The principle is this: We must not allow anything into our life that feeds our point of weakness. A soldier doesn't dance through a mind field any more than we should play with a hand grenade. When the enemy's entry points are boarded up, it frees us to hear clearly the voice of our Commander.”

Should Mind Play Hands Voice Enemy Principles Our Lives Fields Weakness Soldier Commanders Entry Grenade

Author:Eric Ludy

“Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.”

Should Firsts War Enemy Foe Proceeding

Author:Sun Tzu

“Consider those whom you call your enemies and figure out what they should call you.”

Should Enemy Figures

Author:Wayne Dyer

“Our enemies, like the Grecian hero, have one vulnerable point. You have not touched it yet. What should have been their element of weakness has been suffered to remain an element of strength.”

Should Has Beens Enemy Hero Elements Weakness Should Have Vulnerable Touched Should Have Been

Author:Jay Sekulow

“After the revolution you have the problem of keeping things going, of sorting out all the different views. It's quite natural that revolutionaries should have different solutions, that they should split into different groups and then reform, that's the dialectic, isn't it - but at the same time they need to be united against the enemy, to solidify a new order.”

Needs Should Different Problem Order Natural United Views Enemy Groups Revolution Solutions Should Have Reform Revolutionary Splits Dialectics Different Views Sorting Sorting Out

Author:John Lennon

“The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth... an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.”

“Man created language to be understood. It should be normal to understand what people convey to us. Fear, ulterior motives, and closed mindedness are the enemies of understanding.”

People Men Should Language Understanding Enemy Normal Understood Motive Ulterior Motive Closed Minded

Author:John Fairclough

“They say a man should be judged by his enemies. I am very proud of mine.”

Men Should Enemy Mines Proud Judged

Author:Michael Heseltine

“Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.”

Should May Said Ideas Turns Enemy Should Have

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“[The World Trade Center and the Pentagon] have drawn, like gathered lightning, the anger of the enemies of civilization. Those enemies are always out there.... Americans are slow to anger but mighty when angry, and their proper anger now should be alloyed with pride. They are targets because of their virtues-principally democracy, and loyalty to those nations which, like Israel, are embattled salients of our virtues in a still-dangerous world.”

World Should Stills Nations Enemy Virtue Democracy Dangerous Pride Civilization Angry Trade Israel Loyalty Target Lightning Pentagon World Trade World Trade Center Dangerous World

Author:George Will

“...Sean Penn claimed to be 'serv[ing] the country' by giving aid and comfort to an enemy about to be attacked by the US. He said it made him feel more patriotic to dissent from the war aims of his nation. It is at least a counterintuitive position. Most people would not instantly grasp how it is more patriotic to always root against America. White supremacists should try claiming that burning crosses is more supportive of civil rights than not burning them.”

People Giving Feels Should Trying Made Said War Country America Nations White Enemy Rights Position Comfort Crosses Roots Aim Aids Civil Rights Burning Patriotic Supportive Dissent Sean

Author:Ann Coulter