Frank Herbert Quotes About Violence

Quotes about: Violence

• All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.

  Frank Herbert

  Government, People, Drunk

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.60, Penguin

• There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

  Frank Herbert

  Pay, Violence, Thrive

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.133, Penguin

• The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy.

  Frank Herbert

  Men, Differences, Violence

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.148, Penguin

• They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

  Frank Herbert

  Violence, Quiet, Speak

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.170, Penguin

• The oppressed always learned from and copied the oppressor. When the tables were turned, the stage was set for another round of revenge and violence -- roles reversed. And reversed and reversed ad nauseam.

  Frank Herbert

  Revenge, Tables, Violence

  Frank Herbert (1986). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, Berkley Trade

• The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we do to each other.

  Frank Herbert

  Law, Violence, Grew Up

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.148, Penguin

• Prophets have a way of dying by violence.

  Frank Herbert

  Dying, Way, Violence

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.366, Penguin

• Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.

  Frank Herbert

  Doors, Long, Violence

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.310, Penguin

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