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Quotes from Lord Valentine's Castle — Robert Silverberg

born 1935 United States

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I think power is a sickness and governing is a folly for madmen.

Lord Valentine's Castle (1980)

How frail, he thought, is the compact that holds our government together! Good will alone is all that sustains it.

Lord Valentine's Castle (1980)

The Barjazid does not yet rule as an absolute tyrant, for that might turn the people against him, and he is still insecure in his power—while you live. But he rules for himself and for his family, not for Majipoor. He lacks a sense of right, and does only what seems useful and expedient. As his confidence grows, so too will his crimes, until Majipoor groans under the whip of a monster.

Lord Valentine's Castle (1980)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Silverberg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.