An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

by James Islington

“The lesser of two evils, and the greater good. The most dangerous phrases in the world.”

“If a builder and an architect sit at the same table, does one role become more like the other? Or do they work better together because of it?”

The man evidently believed everything he said, but that hardly made it truth.

It doesn’t matter how wrong he is, so long as he thinks he is right. A man who believes is the worst of enemies. A man who believes is more dangerous than anything.

Trust is earned over time, not just by actions.”

The day on which you decide not to question what you believe, is the day that you start making excuses for why you believe it.”

you call it imposing your will, and say that it’s immoral. What do you think politics is, at its core?”

The true evil is always in the reason and the excuse, not the act. I was fooled. I was angry. I wasn’t thinking. I had to do it, else worse things would have happened. It didn’t hurt anyone. It hurt less people than it would have if I hadn’t. It was to protect myself. It was to protect others. It was in my nature. It was necessary. It was right.”

“The lesser of two evils, or the greater good. Get a good man to utter either of those phrases, and there is no one more eager to begin perpetrating evil.”