When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows.

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

In politics, the tripod is he most unstable of all structures. It's be bad enough without the complication of a feudal trade culture which turns its back on most science.

Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.

My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.

The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC.

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.