Enemy Quote by Nhat Hanh

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if…

— Thich Nhat Hanh

All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?

— Edward Abbey

All governments require enemy governments.

— Edward Abbey

Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms…

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.

— Yair Lapid

Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.

— Harry Browne

People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.

— Terry Goodkind

Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.

— Natan Sharansky

Governments and the military purport to protect the public from enemies, and if there were no enemies they would have to invent some, for…

— Laurance Labadie

Our own government has become our enemy.

— Chuck Baldwin

Enemies are necessary for the wheels of the U.S. military machine to turn.

— John Stockwell

Our enemies are also seeking the abilities to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems.

— Barack Obama