"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."

Enemy, Example, Scandal

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"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."

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"Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use their enemies to challenge their arguments so that they can know the weak points in their own reasoning and how to argue for and strengthen their position. There are just none like one's enemies to always look for his mistakes and do it harder than anyone else."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."

Rona Barrett, American Journalist

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"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

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"The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule."

Equality, Vision, Fathers, Founding

"How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President?"

Influence, Americans, President

"If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."

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"It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them."

Change, Politics, People, Positive

"The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people."

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"If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government."

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"As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board."

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"I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it."

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"This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic."

Law, President

"People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests."

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