Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not known, Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.

People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless.

Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.

The real universe is always one step beyond logic.

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.