The Serpent Quotes

“Without the rule of law there could be no safety and no progress: if you created something, somebody else might just take it away because they wanted it.”
― David Drake, The Serpent

“that was what being a Champion was all about: dealing with bullies who preyed on other people. Duke Ronald hadn’t been a bad example of the type, but the whole breed had to be stopped. Otherwise people would grow up believing that if you had the strength to do it, you could take anything you wanted.”
― David Drake, The Serpent