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Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

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Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testi...more

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Dune was a world of paradox now—a world under siege, yet the center of power. To come under siege, he decided, was the inevitable fate of power.

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Education is no substitute for intelligence.

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Create or arouse such unbridled forces and you built carnal fantasies of enormous complexity. You could lead whole populations around by their desires...more

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Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the stu...more

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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the co...more

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I am not the river I am the net.

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I realize that humans cannot bear very much reality. Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your heads...more

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I come only to ask a simple question. Is Muad'Dib's death to be followed by the moral suicide of all men? Is that the inevitable aftermath of a Messia...more

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I'm going to rub your faces in things you try to avoid. I don't find it strange that all you want to believe is only that which comforts you. How else...more

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When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and fa...more

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Schools were started to train human talents... The Guild... emphasizes almost pure mathematics. Bene Gesserit performs... politics. The original Bene ...more

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There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

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The Fremen have a simple, practical religion,” he said.“Nothing about religion is simple.