The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

Somewhere along evolutionary chain from macromolecule to human brain self-awareness crept in.

thing that makes puppies cry and causes people to suicide: loneliness.

wasn’t impressed. As it says in Bible, God fights on side of heaviest artillery.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”

As Prof says, a society adapts to fact, or doesn’t survive.

But before you use your new freedom to rush into town, let me remind you: ‘There is no such thing as a free lunch.’ You are better off for the time being where you are; the food may not be fancy but will continue hot and on time.

Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws—always for other fellow.

A managed democracy is a wonderful thing, Manuel, for the managers . . . and its greatest strength is a ‘free press’ when ‘free’ is defined as ‘responsible’ and the managers define what is ‘irresponsible.’

when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.”