Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 98 | "He becomes a tyrant," said my father, "and rules View more quotes about until">until eventually, in one way or another, he is ruthlessly deposed". |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 95 | I nodded, imagining a palace, empty save for one man sitting alone on his throne, clad in his robes of state, waiting for the angry people outside the gates to break through and work their wrath. |
| 3 | 96 | "But," said my father, "sometimes such a war chief, or Ubar, wins the hearts of his men, and they refuse to withdraw their allegiance". |
| 3 | 97 | "What happens then?" I asked. |
| 3 | 98 | "He becomes a tyrant," said my father, "and rules until eventually, in one way or another, he is ruthlessly deposed". |
| 3 | 99 | My father's eyes were hard and seemed fixed in thought. |
| 3 | 100 | It was not mere political theory he spoke to me. |
| 3 | 101 | I gathered that he knew of such a man. |
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I nodded, imagining a palace, empty save for one man sitting alone on his throne, clad in his robes of state, waiting for the angry people outside the gates to break through and work their wrath.
"But," said my father, "sometimes such a war chief, or Ubar, wins the hearts of his men, and they refuse to withdraw their allegiance".
"What happens then?" I asked.
"He becomes a tyrant," said my father, "and rules until eventually, in one way or another, he is ruthlessly deposed".
My father's eyes were hard and seemed fixed in thought.
It was not mere political theory he spoke to me.
I gathered that he knew of such a man.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)