“In order to forge alliances, we first need worthy adversaries. Without adversaries, no alliances are necessary.”
“never disperse your focus unless absolutely necessary. Face one adversary at a time.”
“I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.”
“I did what all good Iriah dads do when faced with a worthy adversary..I said Ask your mother!!”
“I find, that, in general, alliances based on friendship are the only things that last. Not alliances based on words and letters.”
“To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”