The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive. - Larry Niven

When you trade among the stars, there is no repeat business.

“You think that you are the great man because you know all of these things.” He waved his arms at the panels and the dials surrounding them, and out the windows to the stars beyond. He shook his head. “Poor foolish man. Do you really think that these things matter? No, you are nothing but a driver, a highly-paid, educated servant. The real decisions, the real power will always be with the men who understand money. And we will always own men like you.”

“Ah…if it’s not a glitch, and Welles seems certain that it’s not a glitch, then…what is it?”
“A glitch. People who say that they have all the bugs usually haven’t turned over enough rocks.”