Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was an influential and controversial author of the genre in his time.
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Peace” is a condition in which no civilian pays any attention to military casualties which do not achieve page-one, lead-story prominence—unless that civilian is a close relative of one of the casualties. Robert A. Heinlein
Peace” is a condition in which no civilian pays any attention to military casualties which do not achieve page-one, lead-story prominence—unless that civilian is a close relative of one of the casualties.
The purpose of war is to support your government’s decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him . . . but to make him do what you want him to do. Robert A. Heinlein
The purpose of war is to support your government’s decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him . . . but to make him do what you want him to do.
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy... Robert A. Heinlein
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy...
Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is about eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried. Robert A. Heinlein
Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is about eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.
Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost. Robert A. Heinlein
Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.
I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up. Robert A. Heinlein
I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.
Art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern artists are doing is a sort of unemotional pseudointellectual masturbation ... Robert A. Heinlein
Art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern artists are doing is a sort of unemotional pseudointellectual masturbation ...
I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it. Robert A. Heinlein
I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. Robert A. Heinlein
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.
Thinking doesn't pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you. Robert A. Heinlein
Thinking doesn't pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you.
If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.” Robert A. Heinlein
If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.”
It’s never a soldier’s business to decide when or where or how—or why—he fights; that belongs to the statesmen and the generals. Robert A. Heinlein
It’s never a soldier’s business to decide when or where or how—or why—he fights; that belongs to the statesmen and the generals.
