After every war someone has to clean up. Things won't straighten themselves up, after all. Someone has to push the rubble to the side of the road, so corpse-filled wagons can pass. by Wislawa Szymborska (noble prize winner 1996)
The basic rule is this: Never support weakness; always support strength. --The Bene Gesserit Coda Enemies strengthen you. Allies weaken. I tell you this in the hope that it will help you understand why I act as I do in the full knowledge that great forces accumulate in my Empire with but one wish--the wish to destroy me. You who read these words may know full well what actually happened, but I doubt that you understand it. --The Stolen Journals One of the most terrible words in any language is Soldier. The synonyms parade through our history: yogahanee, trooper, hussar, kareebo, cossack, deranzeef, legionnaire, sardaukar, fish speaker...I know them all. They stand there in the ranks of my memories to remind me: Always make sure you have the army with you. --The Stolen Journals
