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

- Richard Perle

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This quote by Richard Perle talks with the requirement for oppressors to have opponents in order to preserve their power. By producing adversaries, both inner and also outside, oppressors can warrant the requirement for a secret police to maintain their residents in line as well as a military pressure to secure them from outside dangers. This permits dictators to maintain control over their populace as well as to maintain their power intact. It likewise works as a way to sidetrack the populace from the overbearing nature of the regimen and to keep them concentrated on the exterior opponent. By developing an enemy, oppressors can additionally rally their population around a common cause as well as create a sense of unity and also patriotism. Inevitably, this quote talks with the need for authoritarians to have opponents in order to keep their power as well as control.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Richard Perle somewhere between September 16, 1941 and today. He/she was a famous Public Servant from USA. The author also have 23 other quotes.

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