Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual. -Words of Muad'dib by Princess Irulan.

Frank Herbert
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In the book, "Dune" by Frank Herbert, Muad'Dib's father, Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV is worried that the Butlerian Jihad has been going on for too long. The Butlerian-Jihad is a holy war that was started by the followers of the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam to help unite all the intelligent species across all of space under one empire. The Empire of House Atreides had become the only force that could stop this united empire.

Source: Dune Messiah

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