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Other Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
- Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and…
- There is no such thing as 'social gambling.' Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it -- or you're…
- I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no…
- There are two ways of forming an opinion. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all-important,…
- 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 difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
- Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other…
- A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
- Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
- Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.
- At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does…
- I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure…
- If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long.
- Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight…
- Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.
- Darling, a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other times you can be as modest and…
- Must be yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please.
- It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.
- The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you.
- When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities…
- Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely…
- Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour