“The history of the Republic was not a history of grand schemes and inspired leadership. No history was. Cultural change was unpredictable, composed of subtle shifts, of eddies turned to tidal waves that the brightest and most capable politicians could ride to their own ends.” ChangeLeadershipHistoryPolitical PhilosophyStar WarsStar Wars QuoteCulture QuotationsRepublics Book:The Mask of Fear Source: The Mask of Fear
“At the age of fifteen, during the winter when she’d discovered smashball, romance, and her parents’ profound imperfections, Mon Mothma had decided to devote her life to studying history; decided to turn her back on her family’s political dynasty and to spend her days in a cramped study reading thousand-year-old diaries and letters and cargo manifests until her eyes burned. She would be detective, coroner, and philosopher all at once, examining means and motive and cause of death for entire civilizations. She hadn’t become a historian, of course. By the next summer, Mon’s moment of rebellion had been forgotten. Inertia and family pressures and a genuine love of governance had returned her to the road to politics. She’d gone on to become a senator (far too young, she thought now) and scrabbled for votes and smiled and kept her head above water until she’d learned how to play the game for real.” PoliticsHistoryCivilizationGovernanceStar WarsStar Wars QuoteDetectiveGalactic EmpireRogue OneMon Mothma Book:Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Source: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story