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"Perhaps," I said, "over the years it has become a way of controlling the population in a limited environment". - (Assassin of Gor, Chapter 5, Sentence #356)

We have noted that among the Others who have been settled on Gor there has been, once out of the ship, a degeneration of interrelated roles, resulting in anarchy until the institution of authority resting on superior strength and fear". Misk looked down at me. "Even in the ships," he said, "killing is not discouraged except under conditions of battle or when the functioning of the vessel might be impaired". "Perhaps," I said, "over the years it has become a way of controlling the population in a limited environment". "Doubtless," said Misk, "but the interesting thing to Priest-Kings is that the Others, rational and advanced creatures presumably, have elected this primitive fashion of controlling their population". "I wonder why," I said. "They have chosen this way," said Misk. - (Assassin of Gor)