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I would like to see government reduced to no more than internal police and courts, external armed forces. (Robert A. Heinlein)
Men are expendable; women and children are not. View quote
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Time is never a problem on the God level. Or space. View quote
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I believe that almost all politicians are honest. View quote
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Wisdom is not additive; its maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group. View quote
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The mechanism is ages old. Tyrants used it centuries before the word "psychology" was ever invented. It works, too. View quote
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I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them. I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults. View quote
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A rational anarchist believes that concepts, such as "state" and "society" and "government" have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals. View quote
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Such is my thesis, that the licensing of weapons is subversive of liberty and self-defeating in its pious purpose. View quote
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There is solemn satisfaction in doing the best you can for eight billion people. View quote
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At the time I wrote Methuselah's Children I was still politically quite naive and still had hopes that various libertarian notions could be put over by political processes... (Robert A. Heinlein)
As for libertarian, I've been one all my life, a radical one. You might use the term "philosophical anarchist" or "autarchist" about me, but "libertarian" is easier to define and fits well enough. View quote
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One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. View quote
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This I believe with all my heart. View quote
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My wife Ticky is an anarchist-individualist. View quote
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Temporal agents always notice time and date; we must. View quote
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I said that "Patriotism" is a way of saying "Women and children first." And that no one can force a man to feel this way. Instead he must embrace it freely. View quote
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Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. View quote
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I do not think anyone can define "behavior that tends toward extinction" as being "moral" without stretching the word "moral" all out of shape. View quote
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A skillful Artist in shapes and appearances does no more than necessary to create His effect. View quote
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There is no such thing as "Just a cat. (Robert A. Heinlein)
Logic is a way of saying that anything which didn't happen yesterday won't happen tomorrow. View quote
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I grok in fullness. View quote
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The coldest depth of Hell is reserved for people who abandon kittens. View quote
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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 their freedoms. View quote
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