Terry Goodkind: Quotes about people

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“People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.”

Terry Goodkind book Wizard's First Rule

Source: Wizard's First Rule

“People use democracy as a free-floating abstraction disconnected from reality. Democracy in and of itself is not necessarily good. Gang rape, after all, is democracy in action.
All men have the right to live their own life. Democracy must be rooted in a rational philosophy that first and foremost recognizes the right of an individual.”

Terry Goodkind

Q&A page at the Terry Goodkind Official Site http://www.prophets-inc.com/communicate/q_and_a.html <br class="br">Context: People use democracy as a free-floating abstraction disconnected from reality. Democracy in and of itself is not necessarily good. Gang rape, after all, is democracy in action.<br>All men have the right to live their own life. Democracy must be rooted in a rational philosophy that first and foremost recognizes the right of an individual. A few million Imperial Order men screaming for the lives of a much smaller number of people in the New World may win a democratic vote, but it does not give them the right to those lives, or make their calls for such killing right.<br>Democracy is not a synonym for justice or for freedom. Democracy is not a sacred right sanctifying mob rule. Democracy is a principle that is subordinate to the inalienable rights of the individual.

“… Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”

Terry Goodkind book Soul of the Fire

Source: Soul of the Fire

“Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor.”

Terry Goodkind Chainfire

Source: Chainfire

“The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.”

Terry Goodkind book Wizard's First Rule

Source: Wizard's First Rule

“Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.”

Terry Goodkind Blood of the Fold

Source: Blood of the Fold