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" A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. "
Robert A. Heinlein
Society
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" You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. "
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" Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. "
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" Never insult anyone by accident. "
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" They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. "
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" It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. "
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" When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. "
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" The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship. "
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" A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. "
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" Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. "
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" For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization. "
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" One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word. "
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" By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. "
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" I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
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" Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. "
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" Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy. "
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" It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip. "
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" I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. "
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" Being right too soon is socially unacceptable. "
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" The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract. "
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" One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. "
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" May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live. "
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" Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. "
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" Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. "
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" To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful. "
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" When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives. "
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" Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. "
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" No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority. "
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