“ I wonder, sometimes, if the Continentals were like shoals of fish, & the slightest flick of one fish caused dozens of others to follow suit, until the entire shimmering cloud had changed course. And were the Divinities the sum of this cloud? An embodiment, perhaps, of a national subconscious? Or were they empowered by the thoughts & praises of millions of people, yet also yoked to every one of those thoughts – giant, terrible puppets forced to dance by the strings of millions of puppeteers. This knowledge, I think, is incredibly dangerous. The Continentals derive so much pride & so much power from having Divine approval … but were they merely hearing the echoes of their own voices, magnified through strange caverns & tunnels? When they spoke to the Divinities, were they speaking to giant reflections of themselves? ”
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“ I wonder, sometimes, if the Continentals were like shoals of fish, & the slightest flick of one fish caused dozens of others to follow suit, until the entire shimmering cloud had changed course. And were the Divinities the sum of this cloud? An embodiment, perhaps, of a national subconscious? Or were they empowered by the thoughts & praises of millions of people, yet also yoked to every one of those thoughts – giant, terrible puppets forced to dance by the strings of millions of puppeteers. This knowledge, I think, is incredibly dangerous. The Continentals derive so much pride & so much power from having Divine approval … but were they merely hearing the echoes of their own voices, magnified through strange caverns & tunnels? When they spoke to the Divinities, were they speaking to giant reflections of themselves? ”
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“ And Olvos said to them: “Why have you done this, my children? Why is the sky wreathed with smoke? Why have you made war in far places, and shed blood in strange lands? And they said to Her: “You blessed us as Your people, and we rejoiced, and were happy. But we found those who were not Your people, and they would not become Your people, and they were willful and ignorant of You. They would not open their ears to Your songs, or lay Your words upon their tongues. So we dashed them upon the rocks and threw down their houses and shed their blood and scattered them to the winds, and we were right to do so. For we are Your people. We carry Your blessings. We are Yours, and so we are right. Is this not what You said?” And Olvos was silent. ”
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“ Humans are strange. … They value punishment because they think it means their actions are important—that they are important. … it's vanity. ”
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“ I wonder, sometimes, if the Continentals were like shoals of fish, & the slightest flick of one fish caused dozens of others to follow suit, until the entire shimmering cloud had changed course. And were the Divinities the sum of this cloud? An embodiment, perhaps, of a national subconscious? Or were they empowered by the thoughts & praises of millions of people, yet also yoked to every one of those thoughts – giant, terrible puppets forced to dance by the strings of millions of puppeteers. This knowledge, I think, is incredibly dangerous. The Continentals derive so much pride & so much power from having Divine approval … but were they merely hearing the echoes of their own voices, magnified through strange caverns & tunnels? When they spoke to the Divinities, were they speaking to giant reflections of themselves? ”
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“ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. ”
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“ The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis. ”
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“ It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government. ”
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“ It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. ”
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“ Microbes are doing things we didn't even know they could do 10 years ago. ”
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“ It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government. ”
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“ Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. ”
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“ It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government. ”
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“ The validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores. ”
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“ The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis. ”
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“ The validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores. ”
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“ The validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores. ”
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“ In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille. ”
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“ The validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores. ”
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“ Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. ”
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“ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. ”
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“ Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. ”
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“ We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final. ”
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“ The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis. ”
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“ The validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores. ”
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“ Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money. ”
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“ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. ”
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“ We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final. ”
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“ Microbes are doing things we didn't even know they could do 10 years ago. ”
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