“Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class - whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy.
- Politics as Repeat Phenomenon: Bene Gesserit Training Manual”
― Children of Dune
- Politics as Repeat Phenomenon: Bene Gesserit Training Manual”
― Children of Dune
“Listen, I'm going to tell you this because no one else will, Franklin. Spider-Man sucks.”
― Fantastic Four, Vol. 1
― Fantastic Four, Vol. 1
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”
― Dune
― Dune
“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― V for Vendetta
― V for Vendetta
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