“This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted . . . and get it, without toil, without sweat, without tears.”
― Starship Troopers
― Starship Troopers
“Lord Dorwin, gentlemen, in five days of discussion didn’t say one damned thing, and said it so you never noticed.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
“God created men to test the souls of women.”
― Job: A Comedy of Justice
― Job: A Comedy of Justice
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