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I’ve heard “Soft words turn away wrath,” but it’s never been true in what I’ve seen. Somebody who’s bellowing mad—or drunk, and they go together pretty regularly—isn’t going to listen to anything you say, quiet or not. They’re just hearing
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“Drop dead-but first get permit”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
“Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
“Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
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“Must be a yearning deep in the human heart to stop the people from doing as they please. Rules, laws--always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up. Because not one of those people said: "Please pass this so that I won't be able to do something I know I should stop." Nyet, tovarishchee, was always something they hated to see neighbors doing. Stop them "for their own good"--not because speaker claimed to be harmed by it.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Future Survivors, the Apocalypse Group
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