

“Among my father’s most important messages were that governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions. Years after the publication of Dune, Richard M. Nixon provided ample proof. Dad said that Nixon did the American people an immense favor in his attempt to cover up the Watergate misdeeds. By amplified example, albeit unwittingly, the thirty-seventh president of the United States taught people to question their leaders. In interviews and impassioned speeches on university campuses all across the country, Frank Herbert warned young people not to trust government, telling them that the American founding fathers had understood this and had attempted to establish safeguards in the Constitution.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah

“The test of a man isn’t what you think he’ll do. It’s what he actually does.”
― Dune
― Dune

“Hard tasks need hard ways.”
― Dune
― Dune

“A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.”
― Dune
― Dune

“The simpler, the better. Complications lead to multiplicative chains of unanticipated effects.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
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