Government Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh

In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize…

— Nhat Hanh

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

— 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

“We need the mass movements, we need people to get together and march, or even just stand in one place, not only for those…

— Lauren Elkin

“But then anytime you join in a mass movement you’re going to find yourself standing alongside idiots. One reason people go to mass rallies…

— Tim Kreider

Our government is for the people, by the people - and no one can orchestrate a hostile takeover. We, the people, control our destiny.

— Trish Regan

“The protestors and the police, the progressives and the authoritarians—they require each other, they create each other, because they need an opponent to demonize.…

— Nathan Hill

People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.

— Terry Goodkind

“In order to mount a revolution, numbers are never enough. Revolutions are usually made by small networks of agitators rather than by the masses.…

— Yuval Noah Harari

It was of limited usefulness to head great rallies. The government did not listen, and, soon enough, the tear gas and the muzzles of…

— Oliver Tambo

If you want to understand what's going to happen, you can't look in the rearview mirror into the United States' history, because that's done…

— Van Jones

How can we be enemies when there is so much that pulls us together? But in general I found that I had to work…

— Colin Powell