Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.-- Robert A. Heinlein

The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.-- Robert A. Heinlein

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.-- Robert A. Heinlein

You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Love your country, but never trust its government.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. -- Robert A. Heinlein

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. -- Robert A. Heinlein

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. -- Robert A. Heinlein

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Of all the strange "crimes" that human beings have legislated of nothing, "blasphemy" is the most amazing - with "obscenity" and "indecent exposure" fighting it out for the second and third place. -- Robert A. Heinlein

One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word.-- Robert A. Heinlein

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh-- Robert A. Heinlein

Never insult anyone by accident. -- Robert A. Heinlein

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Pacifism is a shifty doctrin under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay--and claims a halo for his dishonesty.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy-- Robert A. Heinlein

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Never insult anyone by accident.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. -- Robert A. Heinlein

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful. -- Robert A. Heinlein

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives. -- Robert A. Heinlein

A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain - then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system? -- Robert A. Heinlein

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.-- Robert A. Heinlein

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.-- Robert A. Heinlein

No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.-- Robert A. Heinlein

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.-- Robert A. Heinlein

If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.This is known as "bad luck." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Don't try to have the last word. You might get it.-- Robert A. Heinlein

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.-- Robert A. Heinlein