Posts tagged 'paul atreides'

May 07, 2012 / 5 ♥ / Comments

"Among the responsibilities of command is the necessity to punish… but only when the victim demands it."

— Paul Muad’dib in Children of Dune

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April 25, 2012 / 4 ♥ / Comments

"War is useful because it is effective in so many areas. It stimulates the metabolism. It enforces government. It diffuses genetic strains. It possesses a vitality such as nothing else in the universe.
Only those who recognize the value of war and exercise it have any degree of self-determination."

— Bijaz the dwarf, in Dune Messiah

April 18, 2012 / 7 ♥ / Comments

"There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover."

— Paul Muad’dib in Dune Messiah

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April 18, 2012 / 6 ♥ / Comments

"Deceit is a tool of statecraft"

— Princess Irulan in Dune Messiah