Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most …

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Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact because the enemy is your justification for existence. ✨ Frank Herbert (1987). Chapterhouse: Dune, p.158, Penguin
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