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I don't usually quote my work here, but this feels timely. From A Bounty of Blood and Betrayal, Billionaire Spy Seven. (Sorry for the lack of sexy bits.)
Mariana said. "I don’t like dogmas, to the left or the right of the spectrum. They are dangerous things. When people get too sure of the answers, they stop asking important questions. True democracy is clumsy, flawed, slow and fucking expensive, but there’s been nothing better for ordinary people." 1/3
People deserve to be free. Charismatic leaders worry me. Sic semper tyranis.”
“You have a problem with Lincoln?” Iris had clearly connected the phrase to John Wilkes Booth, which wasn’t what Mariana intended. She was thinking of Julius Caesar. 2/3
“No, absolutely the opposite,” Mariana said, “but you see that’s the thing about dogma, mottoes and credos. Even a meaningful phrase, like that one, can be employed by twisted minds to bad ends. Language is a dangerous weapon to be wielded with skill and humility.”
End of thread.
I promise there are sexy bits in this heavy book also. Just for the giggles and sighs.