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“With that insightful power which filled Moneo with such awe, Leto said: 'There's a lesson in every temptation, Moneo.' (...) 'They tempt me first with evil, then with good. Each temptation is fashioned with exquisite attention to my susceptibilities. Tell me, Moneo, if I choose the good, does that make me good?”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“Why can't you free him?'
'Because he thinks my memories are his key to freedom. He thinks I am building our future out of our past.'
'Isn't that always the way of it, Leto?'
'No, dear Hwi.'
'Then how is it?'
'Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.”
― God Emperor of Dune
'Because he thinks my memories are his key to freedom. He thinks I am building our future out of our past.'
'Isn't that always the way of it, Leto?'
'No, dear Hwi.'
'Then how is it?'
'Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.”
― God Emperor of Dune
“So often lately he'd come to realize that things were not as they seemed. There were hidden facets to everything. You'd think you had what you wanted in your grasp and, when you looked closely, it wasn't what it had seemed to be from a distance.”
― The White Dragon
― The White Dragon
“Mankind has a history of forgetting the unpleasant, the undesirable. Bu ignoring its existence, it can make the source of past Terror disappear.”
― Dragonquest
― Dragonquest
“Religion always leads to rhetorical despotism," Leto said. "Before the Bene Gesserit, the Jesuits were the best at it."
"Jesuits, Lord?"
"Surely you've met them in your histories?"
"I'm not certain, Lord. When were they?"
"No matter. You learn enough about rhetorical despotism from a study of the Bene Gesserit. Of course, they do not begin by deluding themselves with it."
"It leads to self-fulfilling prophecy and justifications for all manner of obscenities," Leto said.
"This . . . rhetorical despotism, Lord?"
"Yes! It shields evil behind walls of self-righteousness which are proof against all arguments against the evil.”
― God Emperor of Dune
"Jesuits, Lord?"
"Surely you've met them in your histories?"
"I'm not certain, Lord. When were they?"
"No matter. You learn enough about rhetorical despotism from a study of the Bene Gesserit. Of course, they do not begin by deluding themselves with it."
"It leads to self-fulfilling prophecy and justifications for all manner of obscenities," Leto said.
"This . . . rhetorical despotism, Lord?"
"Yes! It shields evil behind walls of self-righteousness which are proof against all arguments against the evil.”
― God Emperor of Dune
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