Any community's arm of force?military, police, security?needs people in it who can do the necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary, and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity.
Book 1991
Barrayar quotes
About the book
Cordelia Naismith, newly married to Aral Vorkosigan, struggles to adapt to the militaristic, honor-bound planet Barrayar just as Aral becomes regent for the child emperor. A civil war soon threatens her family, including her unborn son, Miles.
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My home is not a place, it is people.
Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.
Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.
The most insidious lie is the one you want to hear.