Jack Williamson: Living

Jack Williamson was American science fiction writer. Explore interesting quotes on living.
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“Power is habit-forming. We grew addicted to it. Few things survive the centuries’ slow decay: senses grow dull; passions grow weak; and ideals die. Only the taste for power lives on as an excuse for survival.”

Jack Williamson book Star Bridge

Source: Star Bridge (1955), Chapter 20, “Prime Mover” (p. 275)

Passion , Sense

“Conquerors live by conquest; the first failure is a signal for the conquered to rise against them.”

Jack Williamson book Star Bridge

Source: Star Bridge (1955), Chapter 6, “Flight” (p. 78)

Failure

“Civilization.…
Like everything else, it has a price. The down payment is freedom. For the privilege of living together, men surrender the right to do as they please; they make laws and restrict themselves within them.
When civilization is conferred from outside, the price is even steeper: someone else makes the laws.”

Jack Williamson book Star Bridge

Source: Star Bridge (1955), “The History,” prelude to Chapter 3, “The Narrow Bridge” (p. 37)

Freedom , Law , Men