Quotes From "Taipan" By James Clavell

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Without trade the world will become what it was once–a hell where only the strongest arm and the heaviest lash was law. The meek will never inherit the earth. Aye, but at least they can be protected by law to live out their lives as they wish. James Clavell
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Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way. James Clavell
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Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle. James Clavell
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Fallibility in a leader is very trying. Isn’t it? They spill so much of other people’s blood. James Clavell
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So easy now that Elder Sister has explained to her what all young girls in houses are taught–that with care and meticulous acting and tears of pretended pain and fear, and the final modest telltale stains cautiously placed, a girl can, if necessary, be virgin ten times for ten different men. James Clavell