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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?
“Why struggle to discover the world if you can make it become whatever you wish--by wishing?”
― The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
― The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
“Uncertainty is the first step toward self-determination,” Plagueis said. “Courage comes next.”
― Darth Plagueis
― Darth Plagueis
“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”
― Chapterhouse: Dune
― Chapterhouse: Dune
“A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.”
― Philosophy: Who Needs It
― Philosophy: Who Needs It
“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.”
― Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
― Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
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