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Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.
There’s only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that’s being so good at what you do that they can’t ignore you.
A good commander, thought Ender, doesn’t have to make stupid threats.
He could see Bonzo’s anger growing hot. Hot anger was bad. Ender’s anger was cold, and he could use it. Bonzo’s was hot, and so it used him.
“Because as long as people are afraid of the buggers, the I.F. can stay in power, and as long as the I.F. is in power, certain countries can keep their hegemony.
It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.
Everybody thinks Hitler got to power because of his armies, because they were willing to kill, and that’s partly true, because in the real world power is always built on the threat of death and dishonor. But mostly he got to power on words, on the right words at the right time.”
Perhaps it’s impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.
power will always end up with the sort of people who crave it,
If you try and lose then it isn’t your fault. But if you don’t try and we lose, then it’s all your fault.
