If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain …

Frank Herbert
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If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual. ✨ Frank Herbert (2017). The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg: Two Classic Works of Science Fiction, p.107, Tor Science Fiction
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