4 Larry Niven Quotes on War

Larry Niven quotes on war

20. Parlette spoke slowly and evenly. 'I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world.'

25. Millard Parlette was near exhaustion. ... Sometimes it seemed to him, that he was at the end of his life, that he'd waited just long enough to meet this - the crisis he'd foreseen a hundred years ago. ... Known rebels moved freely through the Hospital, and no one could touch them. Their attitude toward the police was rude and contemptuous. Rumor had it that Millard Parlette was drafting new laws to further restrict police power. It didn't help that the rumors were true.

31. To witness titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal.

39. 1a) Never throw shit at an armed man. 1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.