People are bound to get excited when they see a ten-million-ton starship trying to fly down the street.

Belief was never mentioned at home, but right actions were taught by daily example.

William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.

Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was. Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.

They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.