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I’ve heard tell that there used to be military outfits whose chaplains did not fight alongside the others, but I’ve never been able to see how that could work. I mean, how can a chaplain bless anything he’s not willing to do himself?
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Ayn Rand
“Why struggle to discover the world if you can make it become whatever you wish--by wishing?”
Ayn Rand, The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

James Luceno
“Uncertainty is the first step toward self-determination,” Plagueis said. “Courage comes next.”
James Luceno, Darth Plagueis

Frank Herbert
“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”
Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

Ayn Rand
“A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.”
Ayn Rand, Philosophy: Who Needs It

Amy  Chua
“America's elites today, especially progressive ones, often don't realize how judgmental they are. They disdain tacky things, and, not coincidentally, those tacky things--fake tans, big hair, pro wrestling, chrome bull testicles hanging from the back of a big truck--are usually associated with lower-income Americans.”
Amy Chua, Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations

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