Adversary Perception Quotes

Conservatives understand Halloween, liberals only understand Christmas. If you want to control a population, don't give it social services, give it a scary adversary.

Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.

You build up the opponent, and you lose confidence.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

the important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. It is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they ought to be hurt, but because it hurts you. Anger is a form of recognition. It amounts to admitting that those people are important to you and that they have the power to hurt you. Actually, they haven't.

We need to stop treating our opponents as our enemies.

Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom; their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength.

The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him. Be attentive, but don't be paranoiac.

Paradoxically, the United States' determination to protect its troops can be self-defeating. Allies and adversaries see U.S. forces living in secure compounds, eating fancy chow and minimizing their exposure to potential terrorist assaults.

When the president of the United States says he's going to do something, he needs to do it. That makes not only our adversaries more emboldened. It makes our allies more nervous.

When the opponent feels our weakness it does not do away with and does not postpone but hastens war

To effectively create the image of an enemy you have to show first of all that the enemy is extremely dangerous, but on the other hand less than human.