“I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.” IfsMatterFactsLyingMemoriesEnemyWorstCircumstancesTruth IsNo Matter WhatFellowsDeceitFalsehoodTruestWorst EnemyBad Memories Book:The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition) Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)
“As long as a white man does it, it's alright, a black man is supposed to have no feelings. But when a black man strikes back he's an extremist, he's supposed to sit passively and have no feelings, be nonviolent, and love his enemy no matter what kind of attack, verbal or otherwise, he's supposed to take it. But if he stands up in any way and tries to defend himself, then he's an extremist.” IfsMenWayTryingKindLongDoeMatterFeelingsBlackWhiteEnemyAnd LoveNo Matter WhatStrikesWhite ManAlrightExtremistStrike Back Author:Malcolm X
“Consensual paranoia - the pathology of the normal person who is a member of a war-justifying society - forms the template from which all the images of the enemy are created. By studying the logic of paranoia, we can see why certain archetypes of the enemy must necessarily recur, no matter what the historical circumstances.” PersonsWarMatterFormCertainEnemyStudyAtheismCircumstancesMembersNormalLogicNo Matter WhatHistoricalPositive AtheismParanoiaArchetypePathology Author:Sam Keen
“Swapping Bergdahl for illegal enemy combatants (terrorists, in common parlance) signaled unmistakably to Taliban and al Qaeda that Obama is determined to withdraw from Afghanistan no matter what the cost to the United States or those in Afghanistan fighting to remain free.” MatterStatesFightingUnitedCommonEnemyUnited StatesCostNo Matter WhatDeterminedTerroristIllegalAlsAfghanistanAl QaedaTalibanSwapping Author:John Bolton
“Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier of the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our brothers' enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always be to subordinate ourselves to this apparatus and to trample underfoot, in its service, all human values in ourselves and in others.” HumansMatterValuesLinesEnemyDemocracyWorstMilitaryBrotherCircumstancesBattlePoliceNo Matter WhatRemainsSlaveBetrayalMaskFascismDictatorshipBureaucracyFrontiersAdversariesSubordinatesProletariatProtectorHuman Values Author:Simone Weil
“In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.” WayStillsSelfMatterCertainRealizingEnemyAmountCriticismNo Matter WhatGood ThingsHumbleSelf Criticism Author:Lynn Johnston