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He
had
picked
one
I
could
answer
.
"
Responsibility
,
sir
.
"
"
Applause
.
Both
for
practical
reasons
and
for
mathematically
verifiable
moral
reasons
,
authority
and
responsibility
must
be
equal
--
else
a
balancing
takes
place
as
surely
as
current
'
flows
between
points
of
unequal
potential
.
To
permit
irresponsible
authority
is
to
sow
disaster
;
to
hold
a
man
responsible
for
anything
he
does
not
control
is
to
behave
with
blind
idiocy
.
The
unlimited
democracies
were
unstable
because
their
citizens
were
not
responsible
for
the
fashion
in
which
they
exerted
their
sovereign
authority
...
other
than
through
the
tragic
logic
of
history
.
The
unique
'
poll
tax
'
that
we
must
pay
was
unheard
of
.
No
attempt
was
made
to
determine
whether
a
voter
was
socially
responsible
to
the
extent
of
his
literally
unlimited
authority
.
If
he
voted
the
impossible
,
the
disastrous
possible
happened
instead
--
and
responsibility
was
then
forced
on
him
willy-nilly
and
destroyed
both
him
and
his
foundationless
temple
.
"
"
Superficially
,
our
system
is
only
slightly
different
;
we
have
democracy
unlimited
by
race
,
color
,
creed
,
birth
,
wealth
,
sex
,
or
conviction
,
and
anyone
may
win
sovereign
power
by
a
usually
short
and
not
too
arduous
term
of
service
--
nothing
more
than
a
light
workout
to
our
cave-man
ancestors
.
But
that
slight
difference
is
one
between
a
system
that
works
,
since
it
is
constructed
to
match
the
facts
,
and
one
that
is
inherently
unstable
.
Since
sovereign
franchise
is
the
ultimate
in
human
authority
,
we
insure
that
all
who
wield
it
accept
the
ultimate
in
social
responsibility
--
we
require
each
person
who
wishes
to
exert
control
over
the
state
to
wager
his
own
life
--
and
lose
it
,
if
need
be
--
to
save
the
life
of
the
state
.
The
maximum
responsibility
a
human
can
accept
is
thus
equated
to
the
ultimate
authority
a
human
can
exert
.
Yin
and
yang
,
perfect
and
equal
.
"
The
Major
added
,
"
Can
anyone
define
why
there
has
never
been
revolution
against
our
system
?
Despite
the
fact
that
every
government
in
history
has
had
such
?
Despite
the
notorious
fact
that
complaints
are
loud
and
unceasing
?
"
One
of
the
older
cadets
took
a
crack
at
it
.
"
Sir
,
revolution
is
impossible
.
"
"
Yes
.
But
why
?
"
"
Because
revolution
--
armed
uprising
--
requires
not
only
dissatisfaction
but
aggressiveness
.
A
revolutionist
has
to
be
willing
to
fight
and
die
--
or
he
's
just
a
parlor
pink
.
If
you
separate
out
the
aggressive
ones
and
make
them
the
sheep
dogs
,
the
sheep
will
never
give
you
trouble
.
"
"
Nicely
put
!
Analogy
is
always
suspect
,
but
that
one
is
close
to
the
facts
.
Bring
me
a
mathematical
proof
tomorrow
.
Time
for
one
more
question
--
you
ask
it
and
I
'll
answer
.
Anyone
?
"
