Democracy in some ways is a very illogical political system. When you win an election, you have to preserve the institutions that would make it possible for your political enemies to win next time. If you think about it, that's almost antithetical to human nature.

Anne Applebaum

I think about the Arabs not as enemies but as cousins. Even when we are in a fierce conflict with them, they are more of a kind of family - with all the problems of a family. We have to live with them.

A. B. Yehoshua

My first March for Life was in 2010, three months after I left my job in the abortion industry as clinic director at a Planned Parenthood in Texas. It was intensely emotional, shocking in many ways, especially the outright love I saw in the faces of people who I once considered enemies.

Abby Johnson

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Abraham Lincoln

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Abraham Lincoln

The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.

Abu Bakar Bashir

Frenemies are worse than enemies, and it's not just in the workplace.

Adam Grant

Before its immature ways caught up with it, Uber got bigger and went further than Webvan ever did. But it bleeds money, courts controversy, and makes enemies like no company Ive ever seen.

Adam Lashinsky

The real Amazons were long believed to be purely imaginary. They were the mythical warrior women who were the archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Every Greek hero or champion, from Hercules to Theseus and Achilles, had to prove his mettle by fighting a powerful warrior queen.

Adrienne Mayor

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Aesop

It's customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.

Ahmed Chalabi

As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an immediate empathy with the victims of such senseless discrimination. Because although the Turks were never slaves, they were regarded as enemies within Europe because of their Muslim beliefs.

Ahmet Ertegun

Ever since I can remember, over-expectation and pressure have been my worst enemies.

Akhil Akkineni

I guess I like Piccolo the most after all. Out of all the enemies, Piccolo Daimao is the one I like most, and even after that, I like Piccolo the most.

Akira Toriyama

With enemies, it's easier to just have them be straight-up bad guys so they can just get beaten up.

Akira Toriyama

I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come to loathe them back, as it seems only polite to do so. But at heart it's absurd; we should band together against the big common enemies.

Alain de Botton

The National Rifle Association has an extensive enemies list, and I am, frankly, insulted that I am not on it.

Alan Colmes

I'm a very tough guy, and I fight hard, and I don't give up. And that makes me friends and that makes me enemies, and I know that.

Alan Dershowitz

I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying.

Alan Sugar

Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.

Alec Baldwin

I have the courage of youth, and I'm not afraid of anything. My only enemies are illegality and corruption.

Alessandra Mussolini