Quotes from Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

Deceit is a tool of statecraft, " Irulan agreed."There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover, " Paul said.

I don't speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

Wild Fremen said it well: "Four things cannot be hidden -- love, smoke, a pillar of fire and a man striding across the open bled.

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

I have said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day.

CHOAM is business and business follows profits.

We will not run, " Paul said. "We'll move with dignity. We'll do what must be done.