Author of quotes: Robert Sheckley. Page 3

The law is above the criminal and the judge ruled them both. It is inevitable, because any action either legal, or illegal. If I may say so, the law lives his life, is existence, quite apart from the finite lives of the beings putting it into execution. The law governs every aspect of human behavior; therefore, to the extent that humans are lawful beings, the law of human. And, being human, the law has flaws. For citizens who abide by the law, he is distant and invisible. But if someone denies or transgresses his law rises from the ashes to haunt the offender.

- You see, I am the sacrifice.
- I immediately understood, said Trendler warm smiles. - Gives you the eye of the victims: a mixture of fear and uncertainty with a touch of vulnerability.

Among the prisoners ran the whisper. But soon froze - was nothing to talk about. Prisoners, not remembering his past, nothing to build, thinking about the future. It is impossible to exchange experiences and impressions if the experience had just occurred.

...all the good acts openly; all the evil certainly cunning, cowardly hiding behind the illusions, masks, dreams.

Let me notice that in this moment I am still alive!
- But only in the moment!
- I always was alive only in the moment, ' said Carmody. And not hoped for more. It was my mistake to expect more.

For the first time in his life, Goodman pondered whether or not to achieve Utopia. Isn't it better to strive for perfection than to possess it? It may be preferable to have ideals than to live up to these ideals?

You mean that private citizens commit robbery also?
- Still! This is our way of redistribution of wealth. Leveled by state without government interference, even without taxes, only through the manifestation of personal initiative. The bartender nodded. - The system flawlessly. By the way, the robbery - the great equalizer.

- Well, - said Prize. - The only downside is Meligrana his limp. The defect is congenital, and Melaran lame from the very beginning, is lame in all its incarnations.
- A restriction?
- He can't know about his lameness. Being God, he rejects the comparative method of research. And all that he created was created in his image and likeness; in the case of Malarone this means that they were all lame. With the outside world, he almost never talked and I know all the lame - normal, and nichrome - being with a funny flaw. Incidentally, the inability to compare - one of the few vices of the Godhead.

Don't you know that the way our ancestors gave discharge their aggression? Historians say that thanks to subway mankind izbeglo total hydrogen war. Aggressiveness is peculiar to us, and we have to give her a way out, choosing to do the appropriate forms.

- And you know the laws of Venus - stubbornly said Eddie.
- No credit!

- Well, I just don't get it, why are you a criminal, ' said Tom.
On the Ground the offender plays a very important role in society, - the mayor explained. - All the books together. The offender is not less important than, for example, the mailman. Or, say, the chief of police. The only difference is that the actions of the offender must be anti-social. It needs to act to the detriment of society, you know, Tom? But if no one will act to the detriment of society, how can we get someone to act in his favor? This will then be useless.
Tom shook his head.
I still don't understand why this is necessary.
- Don't be stubborn, Tom. We need to arrange everything on earth manners. Take these paved roads. In all the books written about them. And about Church, and about the prison. And in all the books written about criminals.
I'm not going to do that, ' said Tom.
- Stand up in my place! - cried the mayor. - There is an inspector and meets Billy Painter, our police chief. The inspector wants to see the prison. He asks: "Any prisoner?" And I answer: "of Course, none. Here we have crimes do not happen". "There are no crimes? he says. But in all the colonies the lands of always crimes are committed. You also well know". "We do not know - I answer. We even had no idea about what that word means until last week, not looked up in dictionary". "So why did you build the prison? - he'll ask me. - What have you got there constable?"
The mayor paused and took a breath.
Well, do you see? This all goes to hell. The inspector will immediately understand that we are not real humans. What is all this Eyewash. We alien element!

In a confined space human relationships tend to deteriorate.

Every liar is forced to build his life according to the laws of hateful, unnatural consistency. Play a role, and she becomes your torment and punishment.

In human relations it is necessary to allocate two key elements - preachy said Jo. One of them is the eternal human desire for freedom: freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of Assembly, freedom to choose the government - any freedom! And the other main element in human relations - the efforts of the government not to give people this freedom.
It seemed to blaine a few simplistic look at human relationships, but he said nothing and continued to listen.
- The government - say, Joe - does it for many reasons. Safety reasons, for personal gain, to retain power, or simply because people are not ready for freedom.