You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.

The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these power structures tend to be taken over by people who are corruptible. I don't think that the old saw about 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely' is accurate: I think power attracts the corruptible.

Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity.

The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold it and then only under conditions that increase that reluctance.

Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work and their civilization collapses.

Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.