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The man who assumes everything is a lie is at least as mistaken as the one who assumes everything is true. If no guarantee can suit you, perhaps the flaw is not in the guarantee, but in you.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
Permanent justice is well worth a temporary offended protest, I can assure you, Lieutenant.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
Between justice and genocide there is, in the long run, no middle ground.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
Men met energy wave with predictable results.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
They are the most insidious propagandists ever to cloak self-serving greed with pseudo-patriotism.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
“Some stand-offs,” said Galen, “are more equal than others.”
Brothers in Arms (1989)
And so men organized themselves for the sake of their technology as they never had for their principles. The sea’s politics were unarguable.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
There are a number of people in the universe I’d be willing to double-cross, but my own wounded aren’t among ’em.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
And what goes on in the head of a walking dead man? Miles wondered. What personal failure could he possibly fear more than death itself?
Brothers in Arms (1989)
Some people would rather drown our domes in blood than learn anything from history. Or learn anything at all.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
“Can you be paranoid about being paranoid?”
She smiled sweetly. “If anyone can, it’s you.”
Brothers in Arms (1989)
He seems to have this strange difficulty grasping that I actually mean what I say.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
It just happens to be very important to me to win with the hand I was dealt.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
“Do you see assassination as an option, sir?”
“A compelling one.”
Brothers in Arms (1989)
Still, what d’you expect of the descendants of a colony that started as a hijacker base? Naturally they developed into an aristocracy.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
You are what you do. Choose again, and change.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
Sociopath therapy was invented for people like him. No, no. The last person he wants for a character witness is someone who weeks him.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
But at least think about it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a human being who needed to get laid worse than you do now.
Brothers in Arms (1989)
“You must learn to kill if you expect to survive.”
“No you don’t," Miles put in. "Most people go through their whole lives without killing anybody. False argument.”
Brothers in Arms (1989)
So slight a compression of the lips, and widening of the eyes, to convey so much amusement and contempt.
Brothers in Arms (1989)