It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value.

The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not receive this flattery. Yet this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history.