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a foe QUOTES

1 " There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live in accord with the world. But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world. Given a story to enact in which they are the lords of the world, they will ACT like lords of the world. And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will lie bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now. "

― Daniel Quinn , Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

2 " Every man with a vote was considered a foe to woman suffrage unless he was prepared to be actively a friend. "

― Emmeline Pankhurst , My Own Story

3 " Never back a woman you defend, never get quit of a friend on whom you depend, never make face to a foe till he’s rife and never get stuck to another man’s pfife. "

― James Joyce , Finnegans Wake

4 " What was to fear from a foe that could be defeated by a few potholes and the heat of the sun? "

― Esther Spurrill Jones , Falling to Pieces

5 " The highest courage is not to be found in the instinctive acts of men who risk their lives to save a friend or slay a foe the physical fearlessness of a moment or an hour is not to be compared with immolation of months or years for the sake of wisdom or art. "

6 " The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that - and who won't leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn't. "