“It was a grim thing, war.”
― Reishi Adept
― Reishi Adept
“War, tyranny, slavery, genocide, and the soft slavery of taxation were all creations of government, and they were all committed at the urging of self-important political figures who had something to gain by inflicting harm on others.”
― Sovereign Stone
― Sovereign Stone
“You have a right to your life because you are alive. You have a right to your liberty because you have free will. You have a right to your property because it is the product of your labor. You forfeit these rights when you take them from another.”
― Thinblade
― Thinblade
“Power is as much about perception as it is about capability.”
― Mindbender
― Mindbender
“Simple … humans must learn to live without government,” Bragador said. “Government, organized force, is the repository of evil. It is the source of corruption, the enemy of civilization and the problem with the world. As long as there is a place where concentrated power resides, it will attract evil people like dung attracts flies. The only solution is to remove the pile of dung.”
― Cursed Bones
― Cursed Bones
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