Robert Heinlein quotes

1907–1988 · Butler, MO

To believe that you can live free of your cultural matrix is one of the easiest fallacies to fall into, and has some of the worst consequences.
VerifiedRobert Heinlein
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Beyond This Horizon, Part Two (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942), May 1942 · Internet Archive scan page 89
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The police of a State should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom.
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Source
Beyond This Horizon, Part Two (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942), May 1942 · Beyond This Horizon, Part Two, p. 64 (printed page number)
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Well, in the first place an armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
VerifiedRobert Heinlein
Source
Beyond This Horizon, Part Two (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942), May 1942 · Internet Archive scan page 89
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