Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.
In the wrong hands,” Leto said, “monolithic centralized power is a dangerous and volatile instrument.” - “And your hands are the right ones?
Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They’re a kind of job insurance.
When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles
We had something few experience. We were joined in our strengths rather than in our weaknesses.
I point out to you, Marcus Claire Luyseyal, a lesson from past over-machined societies which you appear not to have learned. The devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.
Military foolishness is ultimately suicidal. They believe that by risking death they pay the price of any violent behavior against enemies of their own choosing. They have the invader mentality, that false sense of freedom from responsibility for you...
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
