The value of a thing is what that thing will bring. -Legal Maxim

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.

Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.

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

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.