August 3, 2011
- Frank Herbert on the Processes of Reciprocal Destruction -
“You talk riddles!”
“I talk accumulated observations which tell me that the peaceful posture is the posture of the defeated. It is the posture of the victim. Victims invite aggression.”
“Your damned enforced tranquility! What good does it do?”
” If there is no enemy, one must be invented. The military force which is denied an external target always turns against its own people.”
“What’s your game?”
“I modify the human desire for war.”
“People don’t want war!”
“They want chaos. War is the most readily available form of chaos.”
