An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Robert A. HeinleinThe United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
Robert A. HeinleinSovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled.
Robert A. HeinleinOn two subjects the overwhelming majority of people regarded their own opinions as Absolute Truth, and sincerely believed that anyone who disagreed with them was immoral, outrageous, sinful, sacrilegious, offensive, intolerable, stupid, illogical, treasonable, actionable, against the public interest, ridiculous, and obscene. The two subjects were (of course) sex and religion.
Robert A. Heinlein