Revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a science only a few are competent to practice. It depends on correct organization and, above all, on communications. Then, at the proper moment in history, they strike. Correctly organized and properly timed it is a bloodless coup. Done clumsily or prematurely and the result is civil war, mob violence, purges, terror.
– from The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress book by Robert A. Heinlein
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It may not be possible to …
It may not be possible to do away with government – sometimes I think that government is an inescapable disease of human beings. But it may be possible to keep it small and starved and inoffensive – and can you think of a better way than by requiring the governors themselves to pay the costs of their antisocial hobby?
– from The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress book by Robert A. Heinlein
Anything free costs twice as much …
Anything free costs twice as much in long run or turns out worthless.
– from The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress book by Robert A. Heinlein