The White Plague Quotes

“In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other.
That was the end of holiness for both churches.”
― Frank Herbert, The White Plague

“One of the key characteristics of an elite corps is its susceptibility to those more powerful than itself. Elite power is naturally attracted to a power hierarchy and fits itself neatly, obediently into the one that promises the most personal benefits. Here is the Achilles’ heel of armies, police and bureaucracies.”
― Frank Herbert, The White Plague

“There’s nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.”
― Frank Herbert, The White Plague