"Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know."

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Source : Jack Vance (1965). “The Dragon Masters”, p.48, Spatterlight Press

Jack Vance

“In all countries, in all centuries, the primary reason for government to set up schools is to undermine the politically weak by convincing their children that the leaders are good and their policies are wise. The core is religious intolerance. The sides simply change between the Atheists, Catholics, Protestants, Unitarians, etc., depending whether you are talking about the Soviet Union, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, America, etc. A common second reason is to prepare the boys to go to war and the girls to cheer them on.”

Source : "The Separation of School and State Alliance". Interview with Mary Leggewie, www.homeschoolchristian.com. June 3, 1999.
“Everybody wants to be winners - you have to trust that God has a greater plan for this even when you can't see it.”
“I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power”
“Nine months of misery.”
“Travel is like knowledge. The more you see, the more you know you havenâ€™t seen.”

Source : Mark Hertsgaard (2009). “Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future”, p.16, Broadway Books
“Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work,”
“Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.”
“I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance.”

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