A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those...

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those...

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy...

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy...

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for...

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for...

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I...

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth...

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.