Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.
Robert A. HeinleinMen are expendable; women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on ... as long as the women and children are saved.
Robert A. HeinleinIn past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.
Robert A. HeinleinAt one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.
Robert A. Heinlein