Tag: power
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Quote – A Safe Line of Investigations
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in QuotesQuite naturally, holders of power wish to suppress wild research. Unrestricted questing after knowledge has a long history of producing unwanted competition. The powerful want a “safe line of investigations,” which will develop only those products and ideas that can… Read More
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Quote – Who Has the Clout?
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in QuotesLaw always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout? Bene Gesserit Council Proceedings: Archives #X0X232 Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune Read More
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Quote – On Threats to Minority Rule
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in Quotes“A large population held in check by a small but powerful force is quite a common situation in our universe. And we know the major conditions wherein this large populace may turn upon its keepers– “One: When they find a… Read More
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Quote – The Violence We Intend Toward Each Other
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in Quotes“The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only… Read More
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Quote – The Foundation Series – 2
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in QuotesSeldon shook his head. “It strikes me that no one could possibly want to be Emperor.” “No sane person would, I agree, but the ‘Imperial wish,’ as it is frequently called, is like a disease that, when caught, drives out… Read More
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Quote – The Foundation Series – 1
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in Quotes“The Imperial forces must keep their hands off, but they find that they can do much even so. Each sector is encouraged to be suspicious of its neighbors. Within each sector, economic and social classes are encouraged to wage a… Read More
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Quote – The Teachings of Don Juan – 7
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in Quotes“The man will be, by then, at the end of his journey of learning, and almost without warning he will come upon the last of his enemies: Old age! This enemy is the cruelest of all, the one he won’t… Read More
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Quote – The Teachings of Don Juan – 6
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in Quotes“[…] And a moment will come when he will understand that his clarity was only a point before his eyes. And thus he will have overcome his second enemy, and will arrive at a position where nothing can harm him… Read More