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The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2) QUOTES

The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2) QUOTES

1 " ...the one certain thing in life is that no one can make the truth untrue simply because it hurts. "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

2 " There are two sides to every dialogue, but if you accept the other side's terms without demanding equal time for your own, then they control the debate and its outcome. "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

3 " Extremists tend to grow more extreme, not less, as problems get closer to solutions, "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

4 " How do I know where my doubts over their capability stop being genuine love and concern? When my belief that they must be reeducated before they can become my equal stops being a realistic appreciation of the limitations they've been taught and becomes sophistry to bolster the status quo and protect my own rights and privileges? "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

5 " overtures from a cold-blooded consideration of advantages to an emotional rejection based on their own bigotry. And if I've learned one thing over the years, it's that when it comes down to raw emotion against reason, emotion wins." * "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

6 " sweeping, simplistic solutions to complicated problems are much more appealing than tackling the real thought that might actually solve them. "At "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

7 " if I've learned one thing over the years, it's that when it comes down to raw emotion against reason, emotion wins. "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

8 " one certain thing in life is that no one can make the truth untrue simply because it hurts. "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

9 " A people or a faith divided against itself became the sum of its weaknesses, not its strengths, and anyone who didn't know that was doomed. "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)

10 " The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will do. "

― David Weber , The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)