You're either with us, or against us You're either with us, or against us In political communication, the phrase "you're either with us, or against us" and similar variations are used to depict situations as being polarized and to force witnesses, bystanders, or others unaligned with some form of pre-existing conflict to either become allies of the speaking party or lose favor. The implied consequence of not joining the team effort is to be deemed an enemy. An example is the statement of the former US President George W. Bush, who said after 9/11 at the launch of his anti-terrorism campaign in the form "Every nation, in
Gilbert (given name) the alternative spelling "Guilbert" with "Guil-" [gil]. Variant spellings have evolved throughout Europe, including the Romance language version, "Gilberto", and the Latin version, "Gilbertus". The diminutive, "Gil", is popular as a given name or nickname. "Gilbert", with variant spellings, is also used as a surname (see Gilbert (surname)). Gilbert (given name) Gilbert is a given name of Norman-French origin, itself from Germanic "Gisilberht" or "Gisalberht". Original spellings included "Gislebert", "Guilbert" and "Gilebert". The first element, "Gil-", comes from Germanic "gīsil", meaning "shaft of an arrow" or "gisal" "pledge, hostage", while the second element, "-bert" comes from Germanic "-behrt", short form