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“They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.
-Words of Muad'dib by Princess Irulan.”
― Dune Messiah
-Words of Muad'dib by Princess Irulan.”
― Dune Messiah
“The abyss remains. It is pregnant with all the things yet to be. Ah, what gentle violence!”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“I don't speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“Culture! They dispense culture the better to rule. Beauty! They promote the beauty which enslaves. They create a literate ignorance—easiest thing of all. They leave nothing to chance. Chains! Everything they do forges chains, enslaves. But slaves always revolt.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
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