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Liberty and Freedom are complex concepts. They go back to religious ideas of Free Will and are related to the Ruler Mystique implicit in absolute...
The trouble with some kinds of warfare (and be certain the Tyrant knew this, because it is implicit in his lesson) is that they destroy all moral...
It is your fate, forgetfulness. All of the old lessons of life, you lose and gain and lose and gain again. --Leto II, The Voice of Dar-es-Balat
In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history. Show me someone who says, "Something must be...
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to...
Religion (emulation of adults by the child) encysts past mythologies: guesses, hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, pronouncements made in...
Safaris through ancestral memories teach me many things. The patterns, ahhh, the patterns. Liberal bigots are the ones who trouble me the most. I...
Unceasing warfare gives rise to its own social conditions which have been similar in all epochs. People enter a permanent state of alertness to...
Law 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...
May you die on Caladan! -- Ancient drinking toast
The basic rule is this: Never support weakness; always support strength. --The Bene Gesserit Coda Enemies strengthen you. Allies weaken. I...
It looks like a napkin tied to a stick. If that goes for 15 grand, I wonder how much my genes will go for. :eek:
Lets say I wanted to make a Halo video by editing together various screen captures from games. Could I hook up my computer directly to the TV?...
I found that Miles Teg's ability to move faster than could be seen was a trait that should have been bred, not feared by the Bene Gesserit. But...
Try again, but this time think of the last 3 books as philsophical and social discussion rather than science fiction.
"The Red Sox win the penant! The Red Sox win the penant! I don't believe, what I just saw!"
Filthy Harkonnen scum aren't worthy of being mentioned in conversation. The Bashar Miles Teg will deal with them.
I typed WAS RANKED. As in, the past. But 57 its still good. 57 in the country is amazing even.
Anna was actually ranked #10 in the world in tennis. When you are ranked #10 in the world in something, then talk. By the way, I find that...
Scrubs.
