“Bascal laughed. "You can't actually believe that, boyo. When was the last no-confidence vote in the Senate? The people of Earth were tired of responsibility; they forced it on my parents, and wouldn't take it back now even if they could.”
― The Wellstone
― The Wellstone
“It is far easier to concentrate power than to concentrate knowledge. That is why so much social engineering backfires and why so many despots have led their countries into disasters.”
― Intellectuals and Society
― Intellectuals and Society
“I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis on the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.”
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“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free: if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
― The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05
― The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05
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