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Extremists tend to grow more extreme, not less, as problems get closer to solutions,

What's conquered by the sword depends on the sword to stay conquered.

Nothing in the universe had a shorter half-life than a politician's memory for inconvenient facts,

You can't waste resources reinforcing failure ...

It was rumored she held grudges till they died of old age, then had them stuffed and mounted.

Parallel worlds, right?" Aston nodded. "Our sci-fi writers love 'em." "They still do back home," Ludmilla assured him.

A people or a faith divided against itself became the sum of its weaknesses, not its strengths, and anyone who didn't know that was doomed.

mercy and justice are deadlier than any rifle or bayonet.

I can't say for certain. I can paper over the cracks for a while, maybe even maintain a facade of affluence, by robbing Peter to pay Paul

Hamish Alexander stood on Benjamin the Great's flag deck with his hands clasped behind him and tried very hard not to feel a sense of godlike power.

Let's be about it, people.

...the one certain thing in life is that no one can make the truth untrue simply because it hurts.

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.

Agreement not to discuss. "He never gets tired of comparing one physical artifact to another," Anders went on, "even if they all look pretty

That was about as good as it was going to get this side of a hot tub, a good-looking man, and a chocolate milkshake.

The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will do.

Were significantly more

Recipient and that, as a surprise honeymoon gift, I'd

I see you're closer to on time than usual!

All right, Chief Killian." She allowed herself an airy gesture at the forward visual display. "That away - full military power.

WAGs ... That's a technical term we engineers use. It means 'Wild-Assed Guess'.

The moral, Lieutenant, is that there is no such thing as a deadly weapon. There are only deadly people,

Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?

But every time I told myself one lie, I had to tell another to justify the ones that came before it.

you people's departments

There was an almost terrifying lack of intelligence in his eyes.

as his mother had always told him, ignorance could be fixed; stupid was forever. "My

liars ultimately destroy the things they lie to protect, and corruption, ambition, and betrayal inevitably betray themselves, as well.

Jesus, look at that idiot!" Waters' exec muttered, and the citizen captain shook his head in disgust. Having

There are two sides to any war-game, Your Highness, and the other side is trying to win, too.

They could hate her guts all they liked as long as they did their duty.

It's not what you don't know that hurts you; it's what you think you know that isn't so.

One of the first signs of a self-destructing aboriginal culture always seems to be an increase in the use of drugs and intoxicants,

It had to be the greatest irony in the history of mankind, he thought. The last Christian in the entire universe was a machine.

Fail not in this charge at your peril.

Vegtables, what food eats before it becomes food.

My favorite's toxophilia, arousal from archery. You wouldn't believe the poses people get into. Remember: one overnight bag, that's it.

Never keep a lawyer waiting. They have friends in low and infernal places.

Oh, bother!, said Pooh, as Piglet came back from the dead.

Without love, there can be no true marriage; with love, there can be nothing else.

The problem is that we won't ever know that, and a lack of data never wins debates.

If one of her officers needed reprimanding, she would attend to it in private, just as she made it a point to deliver praise in public.

Son, you'll know you're in love when a woman's voice settles into your spine.

Courtesy seldom costs anything, and the willingness to extend it can be its own subtle declaration of strength. There

Sweeping, simplistic solutions to complicated problems are much more appealing than tackling the real thought that might actually solve them.

My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own.