1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.

But today ‘liberal’ means to me a person who wants to pass laws and use coercion to force other people to live in his notion of utopia — the world ‘liberal’ no longer seems to have any connection with its root ‘free’ — it always means ‘Pass another law! Make the bastard do it our way.’ Whereas my solution to almost everything is ‘Let’s repeal that law’ or, possibly, ‘Let’s not do anything — let’s wait.

Yes, sir, there are things to see and do on the French Riviera without spending money.

My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.

There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.

Richard, Bill has the socialist disease in its worst form; he thinks the world owes him a living. He told me sincerely - smugly! - that of course everyone was entitled to the best possible medical and hospital service - free of course, unlimited of course, and of course the government should pay for it.

[A person], having no self-respect, needs and demands a show of public respect.

The hardest part about gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. As long as that niche is occupied, evidence and proof and logical demonstration get nowhere. But once the niche is emptied of the wrong idea that has been filling it — once you can honestly say, ‘I don’t know’, then it becomes possible to get at the truth.

Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant.