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

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

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'.

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

Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it.

Never tell a computer to forget it.

There had been a popular joke on Freedom, started by a man named Calder. Looking down from space, he had said, the dominant life forms on Earth were obviously the cereals and other grasses. They occupied all the most desirable and fertile land; and they had tamed insects and animals to care for them. In particular, they had domesticated the bipeds to nurture and cultivate them and to save and plant their seed. Now, watching the farmers, Alex could easily imagine that they were worshiping and genuflecting before their masters.