“Good kings are the enemies of democracy.”
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
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Oscar Wilde812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
Ann Coulter (1961) author, political commentator
Who was the 2nd choice?
2005-10-20
Townhall
http://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2005/10/20/who_was_the_2nd_choice/page/full/
2005
Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) Vietnamese communist leader and first president of Vietnam
From a letter sent to the Communist Party of Vietnam, quoted in Vietnam & Trotskyism https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/vietnam/pirani/hochiminh.htm (1987)
Peadar Tóibín (1974) Irish politician
Peadar Tóibín to host Waterford meeting about new party https://www.wlrfm.com/2019/01/21/peadar-toibin-to-host-waterford-meeting-about-new-party/ (January 21, 2019)
Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001) American theologian
Source: Writings, The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973), p. 100
“I am more afraid of King Alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy.”
Thomas Jackson (1824–1863) Confederate general
As quoted in Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee (1874) by John William Jones, p. 171
“King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."”
Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
58 Agis
Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders
“That which is good for the enemy harms you, and that which is good for you harms the enemy.”
Niccolo Machiavelli book The Art of War
Quello che giova al nimico nuoce a te, e quel che giova a te nuoce al nimico. <br class="br"> Rule 1 from Machiavelli's Lord Fabrizio Colonna: libro settimo (Book 7) http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101013672561;view=1up;seq=176 (Modern Italian uses nemico instead of nimico.) <br class="br">The Art of War (1520)
Michael Moorcock (1939) English writer, editor, critic
Introduction (p. vi)
The Warlord of the Air (1971)
