Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling. — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling. — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling. — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling. — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling. — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.

— Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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