Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer.
H. Beam PiperApparently, on New Texas, killing a politician was not malum in se, and was mallum prohibitorum only to the extent that what happened to the politician was in excess of what he deserved.
H. Beam PiperI had a lot of other ideas, now and then, but every time I took a second look at one, it got sick and died.
H. Beam PiperKeep a goverment poor and weak and it's your servant; when it is rich and powerful it becomes your master.
H. Beam Piper