We Are Not United By Our Friends But By Our Enemies

[Suetheramble]

This isn't word for word. I thought it was a Oscar Wilde quote but cannot confirm. Anyone know who said this?

[kvalidir]

I don't thnk it#s Oscar wilde, might be though but i'm q

[kvalidir]

Well let's try that again shall we?!? Sorry about that, could a Mod remove it please, my laptop rioted.
I don't think it's Oscar Wilde, might be but I'm quite a fan and am unaware of it, but Martin Luther King said this...
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

[Prudie]

"We need a common enemy to unite us"
Condoleezza Rice
maybe??

[jourdain2]

For some reason I am thinking 'My enemy's enemy is my friend'. I may be more than usually bonkers of course.

[Jackdaw33]

The latter remark was Churchill.

[Suetheramble]

Many thanks for your help. Maybe I read the quote a while back and changed it in my mind. whatever I do find it true.