Privilege becomes arrogance. Arrogance promotes injustice. The seeds of ruin blossom. - Frank Herbert

Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They’re a kind of job insurance.

"Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations."

Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision?