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The important thing about a revolution is that it begin; you can always take control of it later.

— Christopher Stasheff The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)

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“You can judge a god, an ideal, by the people who worship it, Tom.”

The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)

The moment of silence stretched out as thin as the content of a congressman’s speech.

The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)

Democracy, the only practical compromise between totalitarianism and anarchy.

The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)

“Rod, you are jumping to conclusions.”
“No, just coming up with a brilliant flash of insight.”

The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)

But revolutionaries are always out of place when the revolution is over, and are likely to prove an embarrassing factor to the police forces of the new government.

The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)

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Men do not lead the revolution; it is the Revolution that uses men.

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The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.

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