#Robert_A_Heinlein (1907-1988) #RAH on #Police_States #Secrecy #Tyranny From his 1967 book "The Past Through Tomorrow" "I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy...censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives." Robert A, Heinlein

#Robert_A_Heinlein (1907-1988) #RAH on #Police_States #Secrecy #Tyranny
From his 1967 book "The Past Through Tomorrow"

Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.

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The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by H. Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universe, wants saccharine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not receive this flattery. Yet, this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history. Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)

#Robert_A_Heinlein on #God_Concept

I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy...censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,” the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)

#Robert_A_Heinlein on #secrecy and #tyranny

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)

#Robert_a_Heinlein on #athletes and #entertainers