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“ It's natural for a man to defend what's dear to him: his own life, his home, his family. But in order to make him fight on behalf of his rulers, the rich and powerful who are too cunning to fight their own battles-in short to defend not himself but people whom he's never met and moreover would not care to be in the same room with him-you have to condition him into loving violence not for the benefits it bestows on him but for its own sake. Result: the society has to defend itself from its defenders, because what's admirable in wartime is termed psychopathic in peace. It's easier to wreck a man than to repair him. Ask any psychotherapist. And take a look at the crime figures among veterans. ”

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There are two kinds of fools. One says, This is old, and therefore good. And one says, This is new, and therefore better.

~ John Brunner

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

~ John Brunner

It's common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it was on your side and not theirs.

~ John Brunner

You will die, and I, and all we can create—why not a city? But if there is one thing that deserves to be immortal, it is knowledge.

~ John Brunner