George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
Radio Address http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060617.html, June 17, 2006 <br class="br">2000s, 2006
"Our Real Enemies"
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
Radio Address http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060617.html, June 17, 2006 <br class="br">2000s, 2006
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
1950s, What Desires Are Politically Important? (1950)
Context: We love those who hate our enemies, and if we had no enemies there would be very few people whom we should love.
All this, however, is only true so long as we are concerned solely with attitudes towards other human beings. You might regard the soil as your enemy because it yields reluctantly a niggardly subsistence. You might regard Mother Nature in general as your enemy, and envisage human life as a struggle to get the better of Mother Nature. If men viewed life in this way, cooperation of the whole human race would become easy. And men could easily be brought to view life in this way if schools, newspapers, and politicians devoted themselves to this end. But schools are out to teach patriotism; newspapers are out to stir up excitement; and politicians are out to get re-elected. None of the three, therefore, can do anything towards saving the human race from reciprocal suicide.
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
"Dr. Ben Carson: ‘We, The American People, Are Not Each Other’s Enemies’" http://www.cnsnews.com/video/newsbusters/dr-ben-carson-we-american-people-are-not-each-other-s-enemies, CNS News (May 21, 2014)
Paul LePage (1948) American businessman, Republican Party politician, and the 74th Governor of Maine
In a State House press conference. http://www.pressherald.com/2016/08/26/house-democrats-condemn-lepage-attack-on-westbrook-legislator/ (August 26, 2016)
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
"Rectify the Party's Style of Work" (1942)
Original: (zh-CN) 为什么要有革命党?因为世界上有压迫人民的敌人存在,人民要推翻敌人的压迫,所以要有革命党。就资本主义和帝国主义时代说来,就需要一个如共产党这样的革命党。如果没有共产党这样的革命党,人民要想推翻敌人的压迫,简直是不可能的。我们是共产党,我们要领导人民打倒敌人,我们的队伍就要整齐,我们的步调就要一致,兵要精,武器要好。如果不具备这些条件,那末,敌人就不会被我们打倒。
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
On Coalition Government (1945)
Sharron Angle (1949) Former member of the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2007
interview with talk radio host Bill Manders, 2009-10-21
Greg
Sargent
Sharron Angle agrees with radio host who says we have "domestic enemies" within Congress
2010-08-24
The Plum Line
Washington Post
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/08/sharron_angle_agrees_we_have_d.html
Paul Auster book Oracle Night
Paul Auster, Oracle Night, New York: Henry Holt and Company, p. 168.
Oracle Night (2003)
Aldo Leopold book A Sand County Almanac
“May: Back from the Argentine”, p. 35.
A Sand County Almanac, 1949, "May: Back from the Argentine," "June: The Alder Fork," "July: Great Possessions," and "July: Prairie Birthday"