Ut cum spiritu postrema sacramentum dejuremus," he chanted. "Et hostes ornamenta addent ad ianuam necem. " "You just. . . finished the prophesy,"Rachael stammered. "-An oath to keep with a final breath<br>And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. How did you-" "I know those lines. " Jason winced and put his hands to his temples. "I don't know how, but I KNOW that prophecy. " "In Latin, no less," Drew called out. "Handsome AND smart.
Ayn Rand
When it is established that government by right can take wealth from some and give it to others. When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law, men will use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they have passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket.
