Jake

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

“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

“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

“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