To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.

Robert A. Heinlein
To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.
To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.
To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.
To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.
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To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster. This is coined from the fact that we would rather hear of a tragedy than be told it might happen. We like to think that we can prevent such things as they occur and avoid such events as they may come. Yet, as history has shown us, this is not the case. History is filled with examples of disasters which could have been prevented if those in power had been more responsible and less likely to make mistakes.

Source: Starship Troopers

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