Quotes from David Weber

I do not tell you that those who turn to betrayal, to theft, to murder and treason, do so only because they are good men who have been led astray. I tell you only that all men begin as good men. What they are taught as children, what is expected of them as young men, is either the armor about that goodness or the flaw that allows evil in.

Treason, my dear, is often simply a matter of perspective. Emily

a detached corner of Fofão's brain said.

The problem is that we won't ever know that, and a lack of data never wins debates.

fast courier vessel.

TFNS Swiftsure moved to position herself between the planet whose human colonists had named it Crestwell's World and the mammoth armada bearing down upon

in some sort of mad spasm of suicidal fury.

com screen.

rights, a physician with his experience and demonstrated skill should have been home in the Star Kingdom on the staff of one of the major base hospitals, or else assigned to one of the lavishly equipped hospital ships which accompanied the Fleet Train.

Jesus, look at that idiot! Waters' exec muttered, and the citizen captain shook his head in disgust. Having

Alban looked thoughtful for a moment, her blue eyes intent on something only she could see, then returned her attention to the admiral.

one certain thing in life is that no one can make the truth untrue simply because it hurts.

and a cold, ugly wave of fear came with the news. Not panic, perhaps, because every single member of the murdered Federation's final fleet had known in his heart of hearts that this moment would come.

Of course. And you already know you have hers," Pei said. And then, whatever his culture might have demanded, he cleared his throat hard, harshly. "And mine," he said huskily.

Constitutioon

genocidal attack had punched inward past Crestwell to take out three of the Federation's fourteen major extra-Solar star systems, with one hundred percent civilian casualties. But

need for you to infect him, since he already had a good sense

clearly used captured data and documents, and the handful of broken, scarred human prisoners who'd been recovered from them had been "interrogated" with a casual, dispassionate brutality that was horrifying.

The purpose of shooting someone as an object lesson is to convince other people to pay attention to it, and that takes time.

than he expects. But it's a purely brute force approach

he was always circumspect . . . and always careful to avoid any relationship which could ever become more than friendship. But

There's simply no way the day-to-day operations of a polity as huge as the Solarian League—even if it loses half its systems, which it won't—can be effectively overseen by a legislative branch. And the judiciary can't, either, because in the nature of things, the wheels of justice turn way too slowly. And letting the executive branch supervise and regulate itself is a recipe for disaster.

We'll remember we're Marines

She'd heard so many tales about the way love could save one's sanity; no one had ever told her hate could do the same.