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21 " Every man has his personal devil waiting for him somewhere "
― John le Carré , The Night Manager
22 " Burr was talking about justice. "When I get to run the world," he announced comfortably to the steaming lake, "I'm going to hold the Nuremberg Trials Part Two. I'm going to get all the arms dealers and shit scientists, and all the smooth salesmen who push the crazies one step further than they thought of going, because it's good for business, and all the lying politicians and the lawyers and accountants and bankers, and I'm going to put them in the dock to answer for their lives. And you know what they'll say? 'If we hadn't done it someone else would have.' And you know what I'll say? I'll say, 'Oh, I see. And if you hadn't raped the girl some other fellow would have raped her. And that's your justification for rape. Noted.' Then I'd napalm the lot of them. Fizz. "
23 " We're talking high-tech, mid-tech, low-tech and bugger-all-tech. "
24 " There's no such thing as a decision. There never was. There's whether you've had a good day or a bad day, there's going forward because there's nothing behind and running because if you stand still any longer you'll fall over. "
25 " Other countries, pots of money, mad for high tech, nothing else will do, got to be like the fellow next door. Not like him. Better than. Miles better. They want the smart bomb that gets into the lift, goes to the third floor, turns left, clears its throat, blows up the master of the house but doesn't hurt the television set. "
26 " If a bunch of chaps want to make war, they’re not going to listen to a lot of wet-eared abolitionists. If they don’t, doesn’t matter whether they’ve got crossbows or Stingers. Fact of life. "
27 " a man who is waiting without hope must have something to distract him, or he becomes too morbid for his health. "
28 " A fool is someone who does not learn by experience. "
29 " Good living’s a duty. Whole point of it all. Living well’s the best revenge. "
30 " Guns go where the power is. Armed power’s what keeps the peace. Unarmed power doesn’t last five minutes. First rule of stability. "
31 " Promise to build a chap a house, he won’t believe you. Threaten to burn his place down, he’ll do what you tell him. Fact of life. "