There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.

Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.

Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much read more

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. -Salvor Hardin.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. -Salvor Hardin.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.