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21 " Pero la naturaleza de los subordinados era usar el poder de manera intrépida, ya que la culpa siempre podía achacarse tanto a los de abajo como a los de arriba. "
― Orson Scott Card , Shadow of the Giant (The Shadow Series, #4)
22 " —Así que nos convertimos en lo que necesitamos ser. "
23 " Porque los que llegan a la cima en un imperio son los intrigantes, los asesinos o los señores de la guerra. "
24 " Ruling the world isn’t a chess game,” said Peter. “Or if it is, it’s a game with a thousand powerful pieces and eight billion pawns, and the pieces keep changing their capabilities, and the gameboard never stays the same. So just how far ahead can you possibly see? All I could do was put myself into a position with the most possible influence, and then exploit whatever opportunities came. "
25 " The human race has always produced a vast surplus of human beings and of wealth, and it has used up almost all of it either on stupid monuments like the pyramids or on brutal, bloody, pointless wars. We want you to unite the world so that this waste can finally stop. "
26 " I’m saying that America shaped itself with institutions so strong that it could survive corruption, stupidity, vanity, ambition, recklessness, and even insanity in its chief executive. "
27 " I never really had anybody who followed me. Never wanted them. That’s the thing, I guess, that set me apart from the rest of the Jeesh—I was the only one who didn’t wish I were Ender. "
28 " We’re not really in this game, except insofar as it affects us. We’re in the business of dispersing the human race to as many worlds as possible. But so far, only two colony ships have taken off. And it will be another generation before any of them lands. Far longer before we know whether the colonies will take hold and succeed. Even longer than that before we know if they’ll become isolated worlds or trade will be profitable enough to make interstellar travel economically feasible. That’s all we care about. But to accomplish it, we have to get recruits from Earth, and we have to pay for the ships—again, from Earth. And we have to do it without any hope of financial return for a hundred years at the best. Capitalism is not good at thinking a hundred years ahead. So we need government funding. "
29 " Ender Wiggin did two great deeds for humanity. He wiped out the Buggers. And he never returned to Earth. "
30 " It’s like communes—people with nothing are always willing to share. "
31 " It also makes you fart,” said John Paul. “Constantly.” “Frequently would be the more accurate term,” said Peter. “And it’s sweet of you to care.” “We’re just looking out for your image,” said Theresa. “I only fart when I’m alone.” “Since he does it in front of us,” said John Paul to Theresa, “what exactly does that make us? "
32 " The Hegemon was a companion piece, really, to The Hive Queen. The one book was the story of an entire species; and so was the other. "
33 " They were trying to get human beings to define themselves as all belonging to one tribe. It had happened briefly when they were threatened by creatures who truly were strangers; then the human race had felt itself to be one people, and united in order to repel an enemy. And the moment victory was achieved, it all fell apart, and long- "