“By right, as the word is employed in this subject, has always been understood discretion, that is, a full and complete power of either doing a thing or omitting it, without the person's becoming liable to animadversion or censure from another, that is, in other words, without his incurring any degree of turpitude or guilt. Now in this sense I affirm that man has no rights, no discretionary power whatever.” MenPersonsRightsAtheismSubjectsBecomingDegreesUnderstoodGuiltPositive AtheismEmployedDiscretionLiableCensureIncurringOmitting Book:An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice: And Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness Source: An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice: And Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness
“It's a taboo subject. How the dead are betrayed by the living. We who are living--we who have survived--understand that our guilt is what links us to the dead. At all times we can hear them calling to us, a growing incredulity in their voices, You will not forget me -- will you? How can you forget me? I have no one but you.” VoiceForgetGrowingSubjectsCallingGuiltAll TimeLinksSurvivedBetrayedTabooForget MeIncredulity Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace.” FeelsFeelingsOpportunitySubjectsGuiltGuilty Book:Children of Dune Source: Children of Dune