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when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.
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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War is not violence and killing, pure and simple war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing... but controlled and purposeful violence.
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Men are expendable women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on ... as long as the women and children are saved.
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The moral difference between a soldier and a civilian is that the soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic of which he is a member. The civilian does not.
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Sovereign, like love, means anything you want it to mean it's a word in dictionary between sober and sozzled.
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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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A motion to adjourn is always in order.
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A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers define what is 'irresponsible'.
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A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an intellectual - find out how he feels about astrology.
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Working because you want to is the best sort of play.
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Some people insist that mediocre is better than best. They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.
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I don't know Who is cranking I'm pleased He doesn't stop.
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Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.
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The stars incline, but do not impel.
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Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes.
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Democracy can survive anything except Democrats
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