Bad luck!" Brannad Klav snorted. "That's the standing excuse of every incompetent! - H. Beam Piper

We define people as criminals when they suffer from psychological aberrations of an antisocial character, usually paranoid—excessive egoism, disregard for the rights of others, inability to recognize the social necessity for mutual cooperation and confidence.

I’ve always wondered whether the theory of the divine right of kings was invented by the kings, to establish their authority over the people, or by the priests, to establish their authority over the kings. It works about as well one way as the other.

Keep a government poor and weak and it's your servant; when it is rich and powerful it becomes your master.