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A poet that reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.: Robert A. Heinlein
The greatest productive force is human selfishness.: Robert A. Heinlein
Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.: Robert A. Heinlein
If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say: Let the damned thing go down the drain!: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to do, every time.: Robert A. Heinlein, Jubal E. Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue - and thoroughly immoral - doctrine that violence never settles anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forgot this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and there freedoms.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishfull thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.: Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers chapter 4
Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime: the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.: Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.: Robert A. Heinlein
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and thoroughly immoral -- doctrine that `violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and of the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988), Starship Troopers

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