My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels.
Robert A. HeinleinThe more you love, the more you can love--and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just.
Robert A. HeinleinThe average bloke . . . hates and fears all freedom, not only for others but for himself, and stamps it out wherever possible.
Robert A. HeinleinJill: 'I don't pay attention to politics.' Ben: 'You should. It's barely less important than your own heart beat.' Jill: 'I don't pay attention to that, either.'
Robert A. HeinleinTeaching causes people to go into situations from which they cannot escape, except by thinking. Do not handicap children by making their lives easy.
Robert A. HeinleinThose who refuse to support and defend the state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be considered "murder" in a legalistic sense. The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using deadly weapons within city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or other misdemeanor.
Robert A. Heinlein