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Do-gooding is like treating hemophilia - the real cure is to let hemophiliacs bleed to death...before they breed more hemophiliacs.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein
Age: 80 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 7
Died: 1988
Died: May 8
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How anybody expects a man to stay in business with every two-bit wowser in the country claiming a veto over what we can say and can't say and what we can show and what we can't show - it's enough to make you throw up. The whole principle is wrong it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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The early worm deserves the bird.
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English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.
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Under our system every voter and officeholder is a man who has demonstrated through voluntary and difficult service that he places the welfare of the group ahead of personal advantage.
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In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is to never let them find out.
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A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.
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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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All my enemies are self-appointed.
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A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it. It keeps him upright.
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Patriotism is not 'my country right or wrong' patriotism means loving the ideals for which America stands and having the courage to speak up when these ideals are distorted for personal or political gain. The American government was instituted to be the servant of the people, not our master.
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You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.
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Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.
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Budget the luxuries first.
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Never tease an old dog he might have one bite left.
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Violence never settles anything should be debated by the ghosts of Hitler and Stalin, with the city fathers of Carthage as referees.
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Decency is not news it is buried in the obituaries - but it is a force stronger than crime.
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Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.
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An armed man need not fight.
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