Fallen Angels
A source page for quotes linked to Jerry Pournelle.
“The definition of a Dark Age is that we no longer remember what we once could do.”
“One of the things we must be able to agree to is to lose an election and not take to the streets.”
“The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability.”
“Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.”
“Freedom is not free. Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.”
“What man has done, man can aspire to do.”
“That which does not kill me, has made a grave tactical error.”
“I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away.”
“In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action.”
“We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity. I am afraid. I will taste fear until I die.”
“Grinding the faces of the poor seems to be the policy of the Greens.”