Fourteen Words Fourteen Words, or simply 14, is a reference to a white supremacist and white nationalist slogan: “We must se- cure the existence of our people and a future for white children.”[1][2][3] It can be used to refer to a different 14- word slogan: “Because the beauty of the White Aryan woman must not perish from the earth.”[4] 1 Origin Both slogans were coined by David Lane,[5] a member of the white supremacist group The Order, and publicized through the efforts of the now defunct Fourteen Word Press which helped popularize it and other writings of Lane.[6] The first slogan is claimed to have been inspired (albeit not by Lane or by Fourteen Word Press) by a state- Curtis Allgier's numerous tattoos include references to “14” and ment, 88 words in length, from Volume 1, Chapter 8 of “88” above and to the sides of “SKIN” and “HEAD”, above his Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: eyes.[7] What we must fight for is to safeguard the mugshot (right).[7] The numbers also figured prominently existence and reproduction of our race and our in the Barack Obama assassination plot in Tennessee,[12] people, the sustenance of our children and the which was intended to kill 88 African-Americans, includ- purity of our blood, the freedom and indepen- ing President Obama, 14 of whom were to be beheaded. dence of the fatherland, so that our people may mature for the fulfillment of the mission allot- ted it by the creator of the universe. Every thought and every idea, every doctrine and all 3 See also knowledge, must serve this purpose. And ev- • erything must be examined from this point of Northwest Territorial Imperative view and used or rejected according to its util- • White genocide conspiracy theory ity. • Kashchenism 2 14 and 88 4 References Whereas some Neo-Nazis combine the number 14 with 88, as in “14/88” or “1488” with the 8s representing the [1] Dunbar, Edward; Blanco, Amalio; CrËvecoeur- eighth letter of the alphabet (H), with “HH” standing for MacPhail, Desirée A. (2016-11-21). The Psychology "Heil Hitler", [8][9] Lane used 88 to refer to his 88 Pre- of Hate Crimes as Domestic Terrorism: U.S. and Global cepts with “14-88” representing “14 Words and 88 Pre- Issues. ABC-CLIO. pp. 91–. ISBN 9781440839078. cepts” which are fundamental doctrine in the racialist pa- Retrieved 8 January 2017. gan religion of Wotanism founded by Lane and Ron Mc- [2] “Hate on Display: 14 words”. Anti-Defamation League. Van involving the “Pyramid Prophecy” which posited that Retrieved 2007-06-01. there was a code within the King James Version of the Bible.[10] The pairing of “14” and “88” has since been [3] Carmichael, Cathie; Maguire, Richard C. (2015-05-01). used by other white supremacists, including murderers The Routledge History of Genocide. Routledge. pp. 211–. Dylann Roof[11] and Curtis Allgier.[7] Allgier has “14” ISBN 9781317514848. Retrieved 8 January 2017. and “88” tattooed on his forehead above and to the sides [4] Gardell, Mattias. Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival of the words “skin” and “head” above his eyes in his and White Separatism. p. 69. 1 2 4 REFERENCES [5] Michael, George (2009). “David Lane and the Fourteen Words”. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions. 10 (1): 43–61. doi:10.1080/14690760903067986. ISSN 1469-0764. [6] Brian Palmer (2008-10-29). “White Supremacists by the Numbers”. slate.com. Retrieved 2015-09-11. [7] Reavy, Pat (June 28, 2007). “Tattoos tell a tale of intimi- dation”. Deseret News. Retrieved 8 January 2017. [8] Biddiscombe, Perry (1998). Werwolf!: The History of the National Socialist Guerrilla Movement, 1944-1946. note 58. ISBN 978-0-8020-0862-6. [9] “The Truth about 88: New Book Reveals Secret Mean- ing of Neo-Nazi Codes”. Spiegel Online. June 27, 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2017. [10] “David Lane’s Pyramid Prophecy Part 3”. david- lane1488.com. Retrieved 25 November 2015. [11] Siemaszko, Corky (December 9, 2016). “Dylann Roof’s Videotaped Confession Stuns Courtroom”. NBCNews.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017. [12] Lichtblau, Eric (October 27, 2008). “Arrests in Plan to Kill Obama and Black Schoolchildren”. New York Times. 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