You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. Gustave Flaubert ,1821-80
Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labelled enemy? Sylvia Plath
I think a legitimate target is the enemy and enemy is basically in uniform, but not all in uniform. For example in the rural areas our judgement is that virtually the whole farming community is part of the South African Defence Force. Joe Slovo, interview BBC World Service 4 July 1986
Beware the wrath of a patient adversary. John C Calhoun
Success has got lots of enemies. American Gangster 2007 ***** starring Denzel Washington & Russell Crowe & Chiwetel Ejiofor & Cuba Gooding jr & Josh Brolin & Ted Levine & Armand Assante & Yul Vazqez & Ruby Dee et al, director Ridley Scott, associate to Frank
So I’m looking at an intake questionaire for a violent extremist group … We need to have a solid understanding of how badly this could escalate. We are not at the point where violence is the solution to our problems. But there are a lot of people trying to convince vets and others that we are. And that is a very dangerous thing. Against All Enemies, airborne Army man, Amazon 2024
Everyone becomes more violent in the aftermath of warfare. ibid. expert
On January 6th 2021 US military veterans who had sworn an oath to defend the country were at the vanguard of a violent attempt to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election. ibid. narrator
They shouted for the hanging of our own vice-president. That’s a coup attempt. ibid. comments
The common ideology is simple: we had power, we should have power, power has been taken away from us, and by any means necessary we can get it back. ibid.
In America you have the right to be an arsehole. ibid.
Intimidation is a form of voter suppression and goes hand in hand with election subversion both in our history and today. The entire poll-watching program for the Trump campaign was called Army for Trump. ibid.
A slew of laws that limited access to the ballot box. ibid. narrator