The Universe was a silly ...

The Universe was a silly place at best...but the least likely explanation for it was the no-explanation of random chance, the conceit that abstract somethings \'just happened\' to be atoms that \'just happened\' to get together in ways which \'just happened\' to look like consistent laws and some configurations \'just happened\' to possess self-awareness and that two \'just happened\' to be the Man from Mars and a bald-headed old coot with Jubal inside.
The Universe was a silly place at best...but the least likely explanation for it was the no-explanation of random chance, the conceit that abstract somethings 'just happened' to be atoms that 'just happened' to get together in ways which 'just happened' to look like consistent laws and some configurations 'just happened' to possess self-awareness and that two 'just happened' to be the Man from Mars and a bald-headed old coot with Jubal inside.
 Robert A. Heinlein

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We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection
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 Robert A. Heinlein
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.
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 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.
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 Robert A. Heinlein
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
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 Robert A. Heinlein
Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.
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 Robert A. Heinlein