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1 " But there’s only so much your peers can say to help. It’s the people above you, the people you fear and respect and want to please, who have power over you. Maybe it’s not fair, but what they say matters more. You can destroy someone with that kind of power. "
― Lindsay Buroker , Planet Killer (Star Kingdom #6)
2 " never swore an oath. I hope you’ll forgive me if I fail to follow orders to the letter to make robots to kill people. And I hope you’ll forgive Kim if she refuses to make some horrible bacteria to kill people on an even grander scale. I can’t blindly follow rulers who order such things. I’m only sad that it’s taken this upheaval in my life for me to look beyond my simple existence to realize people like that were in charge of us all. "
3 " The circle of feeling ashamed and belittled and worthless. It’s something we should work on collectively as human beings. "
4 " You’ve read the great philosophers. Sometimes, governments need to change. We act like they’re these monolithic immutable things, but in the end, they’re just people, and people are fallible. "
5 " With great power comes great amounts of paperwork. "