When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.

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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government o...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I can't even
SARAH VAN WATERSCHOOT I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.
SHANE L. KOYCZAN It is not enough to receive support, no matter, how needed it may be. It is fundamental to know how ...
KAY RALA XANANA GUSMAO So this is going to be drill!?
DEYTH BANGER I will not read the last page of novels first," I said, and then punched myself in the face.
"...
BRANDON SANDERSON At any given moment, you have the power to say that this is NOT how the story is going to END
M.H.S. POURRI you weren't mine to begin with.
IAIN S. THOMAS ROBERT ROTH: Going against the tide, no matter how gracefully, will beat you up after a while — al...
GREG PRATO We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.
SHANE L. KOYCZAN Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity.
SHANE L. KOYCZAN You may not remember the time you let me go first.
Or the time you dropped back to tell me it ...
BRIAN ANDREAS No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to s...
ATWOOD H. TOWNSEND No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to s...
CONFUCIUS No matter how righteous you are, no matter how carefully you
cultivate the companionship of the...
REX E. LEE Any fool that had once helped you will someday make known to everyone that you were once a needy. No...
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you mi...
ANTHONY BOURDAIN You care because God gave you this unusual blessing: a burden to make a difference.
CRAIG GROESCHEL No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what...
LEMONY SNICKET I haven't seen this region, or many others for that matter, that are this balanced where you play a ...
BRUCE MILLER And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortab...
DABNEY COLEMAN To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
GOLDA MEIR I couldn’t tell you, Robert, what the higher ramifications are of being soul mates. I can tell you...
RICHARD MATHESON We are, all of us, incoherent text, and just knowing that - knowing that no matter how much you say,...
JOSS WHEDON The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are,...
TIBOR FISCHER In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must h...
MURRAY ROTHBARD This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, ...
KATE DICAMILLO If your spouse wants to cheat on you, he or she will. This world is a haven of opportunities. But no...
JAGDISH JOGHEE In truly good writing no matter how many times you read it you do not know how it is done. That is b...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY Nothing on this planet can compare with a woman’s love—it is kind and compassionate, patient and...
STEVE HARVEY Stories,' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you be...
CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE No matter how strong you are, no matter how smart you are or tough you can be, the world will find a...
TAYLOR JENKINS REID No matter what the other person says, then take the bottom line out of it, everything in this world ...
DADA BHAGWAN That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f...
GEORGE HARRISON Well, I want to say something. This matter is in litigation. All of you know lawyers. They are adama...
CONNIE CHUNG This business is very challenging--you must get used to rejection no matter what level you are at. N...
KRISTIN CHENOWETH They courted the face on the screen, the face of translucence, the face of wax on which men found it...
ANAïS NIN If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the p...
EDMUND BURKE I suggest that if you know history, then you might not be so easily fooled by the government when it...
HOWARD ZINN When you are on your purpose, your preoccupation isn't what you don't have yet. You've already drunk...
ASSEGID HABTEWOLD No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something ...
VERONICA ROTH I feel that the Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenry. This not for ...
SHARRON ANGLE Everyone got a follower, how good or bad is all this shit, it's another topic… JUst leave it for l...
DEYTH BANGER A true friend stands with you no matter how outlandish the circumstances may seem at any give moment...
T.R. THRESTON NOBODY knows better than you what's right for you. NOBODY. Let me say what I really mean: NOBODY. Ad...
DANIELLE LAPORTE We know, no matter what you say, what you think. I don't know what you believe, but the tail that is...
ED WALSH No matter how hard they seemed to have closed the door, somebody higher up can say you should have l...
FRAN CALVERASE This is my fundamental teaching: that there is no division between this and that. That is contained ...
OSHO Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. Sometimes it's hard to find the time to practice, but you have to. It's not always about having fun ...
MASAKAZU ITO But it was not the room’s disorder which was frightening; it was the fact that when one began sear...
JAMES BALDWIN No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson ...
PETER MCWILLIAMS People are not interested in knowing your Church, no matter how much You can talk about it. People w...
GOLDEN MASHEGO To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It's brutal no matter how it happens, but even if it happens to us as an adult, when something like ...
HUGH CAUMARTIN If something on the inside is telling you that someone isn’t right for you, they’re NOT right fo...
MANDY HALE No matter how smart YOU THINK you are or how smart others THINK that you are, you're never going to ...
NICK CATRICALA You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no ma...
ED BRADLEY In the end it doesn't matter what you do.
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE Depression does not discriminate. It doesn't matter whether you are successful, it doesn't matter ho...
CRAIG HAMILTON And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the a...
ELIZABETH GILBERT I'd like to dedicate this to just thinking outside the box and not being afraid of who you are no ma...
ALICIA KEYS No, you cannot beat your wife. No, you cannot hit your sister. No you cannot use abusive language to...
HEENA RATHORE P. I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you always remember...
ALLY CONDIE It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imag...
GORE VIDAL It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imag...
GORE VIDAL If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you o...
BARBARA MCCLINTOCK If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you o...
BARBARA MCCLINTOCK I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - mu...
A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary....
JOSH MCDOWELL You know this girl.
Her hair is neither long nor short nor light nor dark. She parts it precise...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN “Money Does Not Matter” People Who Believe and Say This are BROKE or HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITIES
DR.'S RICK AND SUSANN CRAWFORD The public should not be afraid of searching for any information, no matter how personal and private...
ADEN FINE This is Harry Potter at its finest, even if it is a different Harry Potter from what we have been us...
EMMA WATSON I think I was joking when I said that. For it to come true, it shows you never to stop dreaming, no ...
LAMAR BUTLER It Doesn't Matter How Right You Are, You May Not Win.
STEVEN REDHEAD You're not alone, there is more to this I know. You can make it out, you will live to tell.
SAOSIN You may argue that I am referring to petty issues, but I can assure you if you add up the amounts yo...
HENK MUDGE Look, if you say that science will eventually prove there is no God, on that I must differ. No matte...
MITCH ALBOM If experience has established any one thing in this world, it has established this: that it is well ...
MATTHEW ARNOLD No matter which [end] you are on, you see all the storage.
MIKE THOMPSON To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
TOM ROBBINS No matter how much you cry, the tears will dry. No matter how many nightmares, flashbacks, visions, ...
VIRONIKA TUGALEVA When you set a goal, you have a responsibility to yourself to see it through. No matter how impossib...
JAHA KNIGHT I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no ...
PABLO NERUDA No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this...
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG No matter what, ... you always try to win. This is when you have to bear down and challenge yourself...
JAMIE WALKER The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK This is my skin. This is not your skin, yet you are still under it.
IAIN THOMAS When I carved this, my thoughts were on you, love. Your life is like this snake's coils. No matter h...
MARIA V. SNYDER Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemenc...
ANAïS NIN No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.
D. L. HUGHLEY No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notic...
JAMES MATTIS IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one ...
CHARLES INGLIS In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are a...
RANDY K. MILHOLLAND When you read the Bible, you are reading the Holy Spirit and not history books. When you read histor...
T. B. JOSHUA This allows me to have access to my patients' records from any computer no matter where I may be,
JOHN WILLIAMSON When you read any great mystery, recorded in holy Writ, you are to prostrate your Reason to Divine R...
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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural” is a null word.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what yo...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurtin...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody lies about sex.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I came, I saw, she conquered."
The original Latin seems to have been garbled.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Live and learn, or you don't live long.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodn...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There is no such thing as "Just a cat.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none;...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want....
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Television leaves no external scars.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings bec...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Dress yourself in heavy fishing waders, put on an overcoat and boxing gloves and a bucket over your ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Library science was the foundation of all sciences.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The Mother Thing makes our world.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN More depended on the student than on the school.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Daddy says that, in a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.

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When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.

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