Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINDon’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
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It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
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An armed society is a polite society.
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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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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.
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The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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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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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.
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One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
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