Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinleinwas an American science-fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was an influential and controversial author of the genre in his time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 July 1907
CountryUnited States of America
stupidity underestimate attributes
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
men conquer propaganda
You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
clever men laughing
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
believe religion worship
Anyone who can worship a trinity and insist that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything.
race people political
Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
life society trouble-maker
A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
necks should nooses
A monarch’s neck should always have a noose around it—it keeps him upright.
liberty selfishness libertarian
The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
self safety democracy
What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it... which for the majority translates as 'Bread and Circuses'.
strong fire judging
A religion is a source of happiness and I would not deprive anyone of happiness. But it is a comfort appropriate for the weak, not for the strong--and you are strong. The great trouble with religion--any religion--is that the religionist, having accepted certain propositions by faith, cannot thereafter judge these propositions by evidence. One may bask at the warm fire of faith or choose to live in the bleak uncertainty of reason--but one cannot have both.
running arms
You do not truly own anything that you can't carry in both arms at a dead run
brain religion lame
The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.
inspirational life war
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
believe men tomatoes
If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.