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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

Frank Herbert
War, Government, Personality
Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.60, Penguin

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

Frank Herbert
War, Power Corrupts, Magnet
"Chapterhouse: Dune".

War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you.

Frank Herbert
War, Cells, Sea
Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.281, Penguin

War is the most readily available form of chaos.

Frank Herbert
War, Chaos, Form
Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.188, Penguin

Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.

Frank Herbert
Peace, War, Impossible

Does a population have informed consent when a ruling minority acts in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the existence of the minority's forces? ... Failure to provide full information for informed consent on such an issue represents an ultimate crime.

Frank Herbert
War, Issues, Secret
"The Dosadi Experiment" by Frank Herbert, (p. 246), 1977.

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