Christopher Stasheff

The moment of silence stretched out as thin as the content of a congressman’s speech.

We shall win, for the honor of Plantagenet or Gramarye, or die nobly."
"I have yet," Rod said tightly, "to see a noble death in battle. They're all just a little on the messy side.

Democracy, the only practical compromise between totalitarianism and anarchy.

You can judge a god, an ideal, by the people who worship it, Tom.

But revolutionaries are always out of place when the revolution is over, and are likely to prove an embarrassing factor to the police forces of the new government.

The important thing about a revolution is that it begin; you can always take control of it later.

Rod, you are jumping to conclusions."
"No, just coming up with a brilliant flash of insight.

Don't die for…a dream…