Do you fear the gods will destroy you?” That disturbing smile again. "That is not a fear. That is a prayer.” "Or...do you fear their punishment? That they would plunge your soul into some eternal torment?” Wencel leaned forward, up on his toes. "That,” he breathed in Ingrey's ear, "would be redundant.
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Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury, imprisonment, destruction. The businessman's tool is values; the bureaucrat's tool is fear.
Ayn Rand
