Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless.

There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader.

Hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. The fight for the taxpayer is the most hopeless of them all.

I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world.

A civilization has the ethics it can afford