Haven’t you ever noticed that people who win say it’s because the gods know they are in the right, but if they lose, it wasn’t the gods who declared them wrong? Their opponent cheated, or their equipment was bad.

Stalin was desperately making up spurious arguments, and showed himself to be thin-skinned, an intellectual bully.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

Which path do you intend to take, Nell?' said the Constable, sounding very interested. 'Conformity or rebellion?' Neither one. Both ways are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity.

Written By Neal Stephenson

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