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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Robert A. Heinlein

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When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
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Church End Forbidden Government Holy Matter Motive Oppression Result Subject Tyranny Undertake
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.
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Black Dark Help Midnight never Search Theology
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
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To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy – and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
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Around Blunder Dull Fantasy Matter Strange Wonderful
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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Collector May Miss Not Paas Shoot Temptation Yield
The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
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Best Elsewhere Made Possible Space Thing Travel
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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Authority Believe Made Statement
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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Collector Drink Make Shoot Strong Vary
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN

Alone Free Matter Morally Obnoxious Responsible Rule Surround Tolerate
They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.
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Good Want Wanted Wednesday
Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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Long Machinery never Suposoe Worry
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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Cat Dog Idea Men Please Relax Should Used Women
Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
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Basic Communist Conservative Criteria Democrat Fascist Forth Liberal Political Royalist Tag
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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Being Right Social Soon Too Unacceptable
I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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Agree Learn Ma Me never
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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Contact Government Sense Suspect Universum Didi Make

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