There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
Frank HerbertPolice are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.
Frank HerbertMost believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.
Frank Herbert