12 quotes
You underestimate the ability of people to act like idiots.
Relatives (1973)
His thoughts grew confused, and he mistook that quality for complexity.
Relatives (1973)
I believe that it is possible to overlegislate ourselves into a highly restrictive form of government.
Relatives (1973)
After all, our laws only reflect the definitions of the majority. When those ideas change, the laws change.
Relatives (1973)
I believe in a political revolution, without the aid of the military. I would rather win a man’s mind than compel his obedience.
Relatives (1973)
The night is this city’s single resource. Well, that and disease.
Relatives (1973)
Government by emotion is identified with rule by tyranny.
Relatives (1973)
The idea of sin and retribution is just an attempt to hide behind the shield of superstition. You are trying to find rational causes where there aren’t any.
Relatives (1973)
The network was running a pre-recorded tape of a morning quiz show. The contestants looked vapid, the announcer cheerfully bored, the questions pointless, and the prizes undesirable.
Relatives (1973)
“You shouldn’t be so critical,” said Mike the bartender. “Some people like this kind of thing, you know.”
“The kind of person who gets excited over that, I don’t care about,” said Ernest.
Relatives (1973)
“The male sexual drive is supposed to fall off during moments of stress,” he thought. “It is comforting sometimes to know that I must be abnormal. Especially in a situation like this. Perpetual lust has got to be good for the human race.”
Relatives (1973)
Perhaps he could organize everyone. He could stand up on something and shout slogans until he had attracted enough attention. Then he could begin some rambling speech, hoping that the people around him would be so desperate for leadership they wouldn’t notice the absurdity of what he said.
Relatives (1973)