1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. - Second Amendment to the Constitution An armed society is a polite society.

The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.

The marks won't listen if it's free.

Between being 'right' and being kind, I know which way I vote.

There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature.'" The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" : but beavers and their dams are.

You got the impression that he never needed to sleep - just ten-thousand-mile checkups and dust him off occasionally.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

It was better to live with disappointment and frustration than to live without hope.