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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Robert A. Heinlein
Love, Sex, Exercise

Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.

Robert A. Heinlein
Eight, Race, Government
"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein, (p. 232), 1991.

Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.

Robert A. Heinlein
Blood, Liberty, Unalienable Rights
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.96, Penguin

Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.

Robert A. Heinlein
Men, Working Together, Together
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.42, Penguin

Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.

Robert A. Heinlein
Looks, Violence, Carthage

It takes two to create a heaven, but hell can be accomplished by one.

Robert A. Heinlein
Two, Personality, Heaven

When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out — that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse.

Robert A. Heinlein
Dog, Doe, Needs
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.226, Penguin

A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price

Robert A. Heinlein
Life Is Short, Cute Friendship, Asking

Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit.

Robert A. Heinlein
Lines, Pay, Firsts
Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”, p.73, Hachette UK

Death is an old friend; I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him; to meet him again does not frighten me death is as necessary as birth, as happy in its own way.

Robert A. Heinlein
Old Friends, Doe, Way
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “I Will Fear No Evil”, p.369, Penguin

A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.

Robert A. Heinlein
Brain, Legs, Six
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.331, Penguin

Whoring is like military service...okay in the upper brackets, not so good lower down.

Robert A. Heinlein
Military, Military Service, Okay

Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.

Robert A. Heinlein
Sex, Technology, Computer
Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”, p.89, Hachette UK

Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.

Robert A. Heinlein
Sex, Friendly, Toys
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.226, Penguin

To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.

Robert A. Heinlein
Authority, Disaster, Permit

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

Robert A. Heinlein
Want, Wanted, Wednesday

Audacity, always audacity - soundest principal of strategy.

Robert A. Heinlein
Audacity, Strategy, Principal

Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.

Robert A. Heinlein
Children, Religion, Moral
"Time Enough for Love".

Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.

Robert A. Heinlein
Men, Thinking, Sentimental
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.221, Penguin

It is possible that the percentage of honest and competent whores is higher than that of plumbers and much higher than that of lawyers. And enormously higher than that of professors.

Robert A. Heinlein
Education, Honest, Lawyer
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.325, Penguin

If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.

Robert A. Heinlein
Believe, Food, Men

Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain... The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion... and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself--ultimate cost for perfect value

Robert A. Heinlein
Pain, Things In Life, Agony
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.76, Penguin

At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.

Robert A. Heinlein
Kings, People, Age
"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1966.

The trouble with conspiracies is that they rot internally.

Robert A. Heinlein
Trouble, Conspiracy
Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”, p.65, Hachette UK

Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in the mountains, hundreds will search and often two or three searchers are killed. But the next time somebody gets lost just as many volunteers turn out. Poor arithmetic, but very human. It runs through all our folklore, all human religions, all our literature--a racial conviction that when one human needs rescue, others should not count the price.

Robert A. Heinlein
Running, Children, Men

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