A Stewart

“it has been estimated that communism was the direct cause of over 100 million deaths in the 20th century or, to put it into perspective, more than those killed in all the wars, revolutions and conflicts in the entire century combined.”
― Christopher Lascelles, A Short History of the World

“The illusion of free will is straining under the weight of determinism.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Falls

“In man there is implanted a sporting instinct to side with the underdog, but this is in man, the individual. Mob psychology is different from individual psychology, and the psychology of the pack is to tear down the weaker and devour the wounded. Man may sympathize with the underdog, but he wants to side with the winner.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Sulky Girl

“AQ could not defeat us, but we could undermine our own institutions and threaten our own liberties if we overreacted.”
― Henry A. Crumpton, The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service