“Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.”
Source: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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Robert A. Heinlein 557
American science fiction author 1907–1988Related quotes

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Gisela Mundt in Ch. 10
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