Guardian Quotes

“Data that conflicts with beliefs is often ignored,”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. I’m not even a god.”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“Feel free to aim for perfection. I like that in a commander and much prefer it to superiors who aim for perfection in their subordinates.”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“Do you know what happens to politicians who tell the truth? They get voted out of office. We must lie to the voters. Tell them the truth, and they punish us. Lie, and they reward us.”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“didn’t just die. In a very real sense, they were murdered by willful ignorance.” “That is too harsh, Admiral. They meant well, as did we. The difference is that we formed our intentions based on our ideals and what we saw. They formed their intentions based on their ideals and what they wanted to see.”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“Data that conflicts with beliefs is often ignored,” the doctor said. “It has been a serious problem in every field, including in medicine, even among those who should know better.”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“An external enemy is a wonderful thing for politicians to have,” Rione said dryly. “They can excuse and justify a great many things by pointing to that enemy. But that doesn’t mean external enemies are never real. What is that old saying? Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean someone isn’t really out to get you.”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“Beware of people who are certain they are right, Admiral. That certainty allows them to justify almost any act in pursuit of their”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“the nickname for the project was Continental Shotgun. Bury a lot of very powerful nuclear munitions and use their energy when they explode to pump a huge field of single-use particle beam tubes. The research project aimed to turn a section of a planet about a hundred kilometers square into a one-time-only dense field of particle beams that could annihilate an invasion fleet when it passed above that region of the planet.” Jamenson gasped a deep breath before she could continue speaking. “But it was abandoned because the weapon effectively destroyed the planet it was supposed to defend. The seismic impact of that many explosions that massive, the amount of material hurled into the atmosphere, the huge amount of nuclear contamination, it all combined to inflict massive damage and render a planet almost uninhabitable. That, and the target had to pass over the weapon, which was hard to guarantee.”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian

“They just hoped to survive, and maybe to be the heroes that young men and women dream of being before they become old enough and experienced enough to realize that real glory never comes to those who seek it. They”
― Jack Campbell, Guardian