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.
When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.
Is evolution just another name for God?
Fear is the mind-killer.
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
The clear and safe path leads evermore into stagnation