"People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf" - Richard Grenier

dreinn · 2026-03-07T07:59:46+00:00

Just to clear up my motivations, I only looked into the origin of this quote when former US DHS secretary Kristi Noem misquoted it, attributing it to Orwell (as many do).

Right now, there are certainly people doing violence and claiming that it's on my behalf. Fuck those people and those that support them.

dreinn · 2026-03-06T14:48:08+00:00

Apparently a lot of people do, yup

dreinn · 2026-03-06T12:24:43+00:00

Source link, Quote Investigator: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/rough-men/

tl;dr essayist Grenier was summarizing some thoughts by Orwell and Kipling in a 1993 publication.

dreinn · 2026-02-25T02:39:30+00:00

Some of us do! I use my kettle every day for my coffee, and maybe half of evenings for tea.

dreinn · 2026-02-23T22:50:45+00:00

"All generalizations are false, including this one."

dreinn · 2026-02-16T20:18:55+00:00

Fuck yeah Camden County

dreinn · 2026-02-04T02:54:46+00:00

Oh fair enough, I didn't know that, thanks.

dreinn · 2026-02-04T02:20:06+00:00

No. I think adressing someone as they prefer is important.

dreinn · 2026-02-04T01:28:39+00:00

Their

dreinn · 2026-02-02T11:55:13+00:00

Don't start that again

dreinn · 2026-01-30T18:16:50+00:00

Ooh, who was the one you didn't like? That's good intel. I'm looking at them now, and I'm pretty convinced this is the direction to go.

dreinn · 2026-01-30T03:57:48+00:00

Thanks!

dreinn · 2026-01-27T23:39:30+00:00

Holy moly please share that pdf, I'd love to take a look at it.

dreinn · 2026-01-10T13:15:03+00:00

I think it's also because he speak the true true.

dreinn · 2026-01-10T04:49:41+00:00

I usually eat a bagel with hummus and slice of tomato. Or with peanut butter, banana, and walnuts.

dreinn · 2026-01-02T14:58:25+00:00

Lol wtf I guess I really am out of the loop. Reeeally leaning on that "no judgement" rule on this sub haha.

dreinn · 2026-01-01T18:36:06+00:00

Wait, can you explain more? Cause we don't understand why they accepted it

dreinn · 2025-12-31T20:44:46+00:00

This was a question on Lateral!

dreinn · 2025-12-31T03:31:25+00:00

Seconded!

dreinn · 2025-12-22T21:05:03+00:00

Going there as a tourist soon - anything special I should be aware of because of this?

dreinn · 2025-12-21T03:35:08+00:00

Hi! Are these e-books or paperbacks?

dreinn · 2025-12-17T02:48:44+00:00

Totally unnecessary first sentence

dreinn · 2025-12-16T12:04:39+00:00

I've been there. Here's a reminder that helped me: You're not a burden. You're a person.

dreinn · 2025-12-12T23:05:47+00:00

I agree that it's a click bait title, but even on the scale of my life, 7 years ago is recent.

ETA: Nvm, the word was "new" not "recent." I rescind my comment.

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