Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.

Quote by Richard Perle

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Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no...

Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no...

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into...

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into...

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done...

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done...

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own...

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own...

George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have...

George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have...

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others.

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others.

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish...

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish...

The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is...

The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is...

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people...

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people...

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose...

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose...

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but...

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but...

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they...

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they...

In time, all of Korea will be united in liberty.

In time, all of Korea will be united in liberty.

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they...

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they...

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight...

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight...

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold...

The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold...

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause...

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause...