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Jerry Pournelle quotes: With what we spent in Iraq we could build nuclear power plants and space solar power satellites and tell the Arabs to drink their oil.

With what we spent in Iraq we could build nuclear power plants and space solar power satellites and tell the Arabs to drink their oil.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: That which does not kill me, has made a grave tactical error.

That which does not kill me, has made a grave tactical error.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.

Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity. I am afraid. I will taste fear until I die.

We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity. I am afraid. I will taste fear until I die.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: The definition of a Dark Age is that we no longer remember what we once could do.

The definition of a Dark Age is that we no longer remember what we once could do.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: Freedom is not free. Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.

Freedom is not free. Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability.

The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: What man has done, man can aspire to do.

What man has done, man can aspire to do.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.

Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: We have for years been building a society in which everybody plunders everybody, and while we are weary of being plundered, we enjoy the plunder.

We have for years been building a society in which everybody plunders everybody, and while we are weary of being plundered, we enjoy the plunder.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: Grinding the faces of the poor seems to be the policy of the Greens.

Grinding the faces of the poor seems to be the policy of the Greens.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action.

In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: But nobody had ever gone over the top shouting 'A Higher Standard of Living!' or 'Hot Showers and Electric Razors!

But nobody had ever gone over the top shouting 'A Higher Standard of Living!' or 'Hot Showers and Electric Razors!

Jerry Pournelle quotes: I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away.

I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: Bureaucracies are progressive. meaning they have a burning fear that someone. somewhere, is doing something without permission.

Bureaucracies are progressive. meaning they have a burning fear that someone. somewhere, is doing something without permission.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: Everything takes longer and costs more.

Everything takes longer and costs more.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: One of the things we must be able to agree to is to lose an election and not take to the streets.

One of the things we must be able to agree to is to lose an election and not take to the streets.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: The American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on at that point we smash.

The American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on at that point we smash.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to

You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen.

Jerry Pournelle quotes: I have more information in one place than anybody in the world.

I have more information in one place than anybody in the world.