6 quotes
The conqueror always assumes that his moral superiority—rather than his ferocious greed—is what has allowed him to triumph.
The Warlord of the Air (1971)
In an infinite universe, all may become real sooner or later. Yet it is always up to mankind to make real what it really wishes to be real.
The Warlord of the Air (1971)
Paternalism and centralism, the bane of capitalist as well as socialist politics, are for me the permanent enemy of democracy.
The Warlord of the Air (1971)
Tyrants hate original thinking.
The Warlord of the Air (1971)
It’s what they call a “theocracy”—priest-ridden in the extreme, full of dark superstitions and darker myths and legends, where all gods and demons are honoured, doubtless to be on the safe side. The people are cruel, ignorant, dirty and proud—they look down their noses at all other races.
The Warlord of the Air (1971)
“Like most fanatics,” I pointed out coolly, “you share at least one characteristic with children—you want everything now. All improvements take time. You cannot make the world perfect overnight. Things are considerably better for more people today than they were in my—in the early years of this century, for instance.”
The Warlord of the Air (1971)