He believes in that mummery a good deal less than I do, and I don't believe in it at all.

Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

Well, then, arrest him. You can accuse him of something or other afterward.

The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a freezing of caste, a damming of curiosity, a hundred other factors. It has been going on, as I have said, for centuries, and it is too majestic and massive a movement to stop.

Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one? A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty. Q. You are sure that your statement represents scientific truth? A. I am.

Economics is on the side of humanity now.

Junz found revulsion growing strong within him. A planet full of people meant nothing against the dictates of economic necessity!

No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth.

First, there must be an end to war and national rivalry and only then could one turn to the internal miseries that, after all, had external conflict as their chief cause.