# The Violent Left Covets People Who Are Happy, Ordered, and Peaceful by Stephen Miller > "[The violent leftist is driven by] a much deeper kind of coveting—coveting people who are morally superior, who are superior in the simple, truthful way they live their lives, people that they look at who are happy and ordered and peaceful and contributing to their communities. That burns an ember in them, and that's how you end up with the horrors we've seen throughout history, where good families are dragged out into the street and executed." > **— Stephen Miller**, *Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Direct source:** [direct transcript](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/07/remarks-at-the-opening-of-the-ministerial-on-the-resurgence-of-political-terrorism/). - **Source dossier:** [[research/Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism|Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism]]. - **Editorial treatment:** The bracket supplies the governing subject and motive from the paragraph's opening while removing a spoken construction that cannot stand alone. Miller distinguishes this coveting from rich-versus-poor resentment, names its objects, and states the historical consequence he attributes to it. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Companion Reminder:** [[reminders/Deception/Envy of the Good Becomes a Desire to Subjugate by Stephen Miller|Envy of the Good Becomes a Desire to Subjugate]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Stephen Miller|Stephen Miller]] - [[wiki/Deception|Deception]] - [[wiki/Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism|Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "[The violent leftist is driven by] a much deeper kind of coveting—coveting people who are morally superior, who are superior in the simple, truthful way they live their lives, people that they look at who are happy and ordered and peaceful and contributing to their communities. That burns an ember in them, and that's how you end up with the horrors we've seen throughout history, where good families are dragged out into the street and executed." — Stephen Miller, Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, July 16, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-stephen-miller-the-violent-left-covets-people-who-are-happy-ordered-and-peaceful ```