3 Quotes by Heinlein Robert A.

  • Author Heinlein Robert A.
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    You. What is the moral difference, ifany, between the soldier and the civilian?""The difference," I answered carefully, "lies in the field of civicvirtue. A soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the bodypolitic of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life.The civilian does not.

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    . . .and he has nevergiven up his conviction that if you just try all the doors one of them is bound to be the Door intoSummer. You know, I think he is right.

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    I don't pay any attention to politics.""You should. It's only barely less important than your own heartbeat." "I don't pay any attention to that either.

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