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The value of tradition is that it guides us, no matter that the real reasons may have been forgotten. Beliefs and actions that have seen us prosper in the past shall serve us well in the present and the future.
“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.”
― Chapterhouse: Dune
― Chapterhouse: Dune
“Tradition is a fine ideal, but not when it serves as a shackle on our future endeavours.”
― Descent of Angels
― Descent of Angels
“What will become of the warriors when there are no more wars?”
― A Thousand Sons
― A Thousand Sons
“In my experience, civilised men don’t like their justice kept so simple. They like to complicate things.”
― Descent of Angels
― Descent of Angels
“No, my dear, ignorance and fear create the gods, enthusiasm and deceit adorn them, and human weakness worships them.”
― False Gods
― False Gods
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