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‘There is only one unforgivable lie. That is the lie that says, This is the end, you are the conqueror, you have achieved it and now all that remains is to build walls higher and shelter behind them. Now, the lie says, the world is safe.’
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“No, my dear, ignorance and fear create the gods, enthusiasm and deceit adorn them, and human weakness worships them.”
― False Gods
― False Gods
“What’s the first rule of common soldiering? Trooper Duarte?’ ‘Always assume that anyone in a position senior to you isn’t telling you everything?’ ‘That’s my boy. There’s more to this than meets the eye, so don’t get slack.”
― Legion
― Legion
“What will become of the warriors when there are no more wars?”
― A Thousand Sons
― A Thousand Sons
“In my experience, civilised men don’t like their justice kept so simple. They like to complicate things.”
― Descent of Angels
― Descent of Angels
“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.”
― Chapterhouse: Dune
― Chapterhouse: Dune
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