In safety and in security, in peril and plague, in victory and vengeance, may your course be ever your own. - Ryk E. Spoor

But there has to be an alternative.
"Why does there have to be one, Captain Austin?" Sethrik asked quietly. "Often the universe does not give us choices."

Hmph. Just remembered that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent—
Yeah, Duquesne interrupted with a grin, because the competent resort to violence MUCH sooner, before it’s too late!

I cannot help but think that anyone who wants power for those reasons really is not the person I want to have it.