Frank Herbert Quotes About Violence
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The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy.
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There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
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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 corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.
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They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.
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Prophets have a way of dying by violence.
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Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.
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The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we do to each other.
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The oppressed always learned from and copied the oppressor. When the tables were turned, the stage was set for another round of revenge and violence -- roles reversed. And reversed and reversed ad nauseam.
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