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Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat. It’s true! Liberal governments always develop into aristocracies. The bureaucracies betray the true intent of
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“You are right to ask such things, for it is said that a man’s character can be judged by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Fulgrim
― Fulgrim
“In my experience, civilised men don’t like their justice kept so simple. They like to complicate things.”
― Descent of Angels
― Descent of Angels
“Tradition is a fine ideal, but not when it serves as a shackle on our future endeavours.”
― Descent of Angels
― Descent of Angels
“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
“What will become of the warriors when there are no more wars?”
― A Thousand Sons
― A Thousand Sons
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