“…and if conservatives recognized that most women feel as protective of their right to reproductive freedom as evangelicals do of their right to worship.” (Barack Obama, “The Audacity of Hope” Pg. 57)

“One of the hardest things for a tyrant to find,” he said, “is people who actually make decisions.”

“Often, the most important piece of information is something has gone wrong. Bad administrators hide their mistakes until it’s too late to make corrections.”
- Leto Atreides II, God Emperor of Dune

“[Good administrators] depend on verbal orders. They never lie about what they’ve done if their verbal orders cause problems, and they surround themselves with people able to act wisely on the basis of verbal orders…

“A bad administrator is more concerned with reports than with decisions. He wants the hard record which he can display as an excuse for his errors…

“A bad administrator on the other hand, hesitates, diddles around, asks for committees, for research and reports. Eventually, he acts in ways which create serious problems…

“They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.”
- Bene Gesserit proverb (Dune, 1965)

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