“Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Among my father’s most important messages were that governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions. Years after the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Governments may rise and fall for reasons which appear insignificant, Prince. What small events! An argument between two women . . .… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“All governments needed to remain under suspicion during their time of power including that of the Sisterhood itself. Trust no government! Not… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Government and religion united, and breaking a law became sin. A smell of blasphemy arose like smoke around any questioning of governmental… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort. They were… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty—which was to step aside and vanish into history.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“What we should have done was test the gift first. We should have probed for dangers. We were too bedazzled by it, though.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed, Stil, how beautiful the young women are this year?” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Humans are born with a susceptibility to that most persistent and debilitating disease of intellect: self-deception. The best of all possible worlds and the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of this speed.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“The assumption that a whole system can be made to work better through an assault on its conscious elements betrays a dangerous ignorance. This… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
