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An armed society is a polite society. — Robert A. Heinlein · 1942Maybe Jesus was right when he said that the meek shall inherit the earth-but they inherit very small plots, about six feet by three. — Robert A. Heinlein · 1973The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history. — Robert A. Heinlein · 1973Does history record any case in which the majority was right? — Robert A. Heinlein · 1973