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In Pablo’s worldview, no one acted on principle. They pursued what was in their own best interests.
“But the matter just about resolved itself of its own accord, in a tragic and macabre way. We were still at war, and among other things Dönitz could only answer, ‘There is no longer any point in concerning yourself with submariners. Most of them are no longer with us …’.”
― Teddy Suhren, Ace of Aces: Memoirs of a U-Boat Rebel
― Teddy Suhren, Ace of Aces: Memoirs of a U-Boat Rebel
“above all things he must keep his hands off the property of others, because men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. Besides,”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“one should not be deterred from improving his possessions for fear lest they be taken away from him or another from opening up trade for fear of taxes;”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“a prince, so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal, ought not to mind the reproach of cruelty; because with a few examples he will be more merciful than those who, through too much mercy, allow disorders to arise, from which follow murders or robberies; for these are wont to injure the whole people, whilst those executions which originate with a prince offend the individual only.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“This leads me to ask how it came to be that Pluto is Mickey’s dog, but Mickey is not Pluto’s mouse. Something is awry in the taxonomic class of mammals in the Disney universe. I”
― The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
― The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
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