When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's to late.

Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

Men always fear things which move by themselves.

Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.

the meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead

Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life, and that of his son to save the men. He passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men's lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat. Against his own will and all previous judgements, Kynes admitted to himself: I like this Duke.