"Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are."

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Source : Carl Schmitt (2007). “Theory of the Partisan: Intermediate Commentary on the Concept of the Political”, p.85, Telos Press Publishing

Carl Schmitt

#Enemy Quotes #Who You Are Quotes

“Part of God's work in his people is synchronizing the heart and the mind thus providing freedom from the deceit of emotion-based beliefs. Emotions are changing while truth is absolute. They don't believe simply because it sounds good, or deep, beautiful, happy, fun, cool, simple, or intelligent to them; but because it's true.”
“Before men ever wrote in clay they cast their words in verse and line, rythymbound in poets' minds, defying time and age.”
“The bad teacher imposes his ideas and his methods on his pupils, and such originality as they may have is lost in the second-rate art of imitation.”
“One of the interesting and exciting things about my job is watching technological ground being pioneered.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.”

Source : "Miranda Lambert Dishes With Meghan McCain". Interview with Meghan McCain, www.thedailybeast.com. February 12, 2011.
“When Grand Masters play, they see the logic of their opponent's moves. One's moves may be so powerful that the other may not be able to stop him, but the plan behind the moves will be clear. Not so with Fischer. His moves did not make sense - at least to all the rest of us they didn't. We were playing chess, Fischer was playing something else, call it what you will. Naturally, there would come a time when we finally would understand what those moves had been about. But by then it was too late. We were dead.”
“It is natural anywhere that people like their own kind, but it is not necessarily natural that their fondness for their own kind should lead them to the subjection of whole groups of other people not like them.”
“The matter of bringing in corrupt leaders was started by [Mwai ] Kibaki, and in truth, do not be surprised if you find that the likes of William Ruto find themselves behind bars after the elections, because he has cases pending against him.”

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