"We need both of them. Compassion and ambition. The one who loves and the one who thinks. Balance. What we should all be attempting to achieve, rather than telling people what to do. We are guides, not bludgeons."
His eyes finally focus on Adam. "Would they have let you? They would have been too frightened to leave me free. And they could never have caged me. Even the opium would have ceased to be effective after I'd been hooked."
"And how would the world have been different? Time has shown that all dictators fall eventually. There would always be those who went against the established government. What would you have done to them?"
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Date: 2007-12-16 11:39 pm (UTC)His eyes finally focus on Adam. "Would they have let you? They would have been too frightened to leave me free. And they could never have caged me. Even the opium would have ceased to be effective after I'd been hooked."
"And how would the world have been different? Time has shown that all dictators fall eventually. There would always be those who went against the established government. What would you have done to them?"