“I see you’re not quite the moralist, after all.” “A pragmatist will grow fat while a moralist starves,” Wilkins said. - Michael P. Kube-McDowell

Peace," Robinson repeated. His head lolled back against the chair until he was looking up into the cabin's rafters. "There's been more fighting about that than almost anything you can name. Do you know, Gregory, there's a very simple reason why peace on earth is a pipe dream. Peace has the disadvantage of freezing the status quo, and there'll always be individuals, groups, nations who find the status quo unacceptable.

The bureaucracy staggers on like a beheaded chicken, its stubborn autonomic functions creating the illusion of life.

There’s no dumber animal on earth than a man with a hard-on.