Robert A. Heinlein vs. Jair Bolsonaro
Read 20 entries attributed to Robert A. Heinlein alongside 20 attributed to Jair Bolsonaro. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Robert A. Heinlein alongside 20 attributed to Jair Bolsonaro. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: freedom, friendship, humor, family, human nature. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, entry #1008: "Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy - in fact, t…"
Attributed to Jair Bolsonaro, entry #99811: "Look, working nine, ten years old at the farm, I was not harmed at all. When a nine-year-old, ten-year-old goes to work somewhere, it's full of people there. Now, when I'm smoking…"
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Robert A. Heinlein
1907 – 1988
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction, express admiration for competence and emphasize the value of critical thinking.
"Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the…"
#love"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
#happiness"May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live."
#life"Free will was another matter. It could not be laughed off, because it could be directly experienced—yet his own free will had worked to create the same scene…"
#freedom"I now define "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival." I won't argue with philosophers or theologians who choose to use the word "moral" to …"
#philosophy"Luck is a bonus that follows careful planning—it’s never free."
#freedom"I really am a good listener because you never can tell when you will pick up something useful—and all in the world any woman has to do to be considered “char…"
#friendship"When you haven’t data, guessing is illogical."
#philosophy"Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they …"
#life"Since when did a mathematician need any tools but his own head? Pythagoras had done well enough with a stick and a stretch of sand."
#humor"At fourteen months he began speaking in sentences, short and of his own structure, but sentences. The subjects of his conversation, or, rather, his statement…"
#writing"I've heard all the usual Sweetness and Light that kids get pushed at them—how they should always forgive, how there’s some good in the worst of us, etc. But …"
#leadership"I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics. I had sampled them — public libraries are a ready source of recreation for an actor short of cas…"
#family"I trust that I am honest with myself. I know that I am not very sociable and I expect to go on being so; a man capable of creative work has no time to spare …"
#truth"Don, have you been dealing with a booklegger?"
#books"Like many a man before him, he found himself forced into a lie because the truth simply would not be believed."
#truth"Apparently she believes she is safe. Evil is essentially stupid, Joe; despite her brilliance, she believes what she wishes to believe. Or it may be that she …"
#death"Sex is rearing its interesting head."
#leadership"I had taken a partner once before—but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. Otherwise you are a hermit …"
#wisdom"As for population, every major shortcoming of our native planet could be traced to one cause: too many people, not enough planet."
#Human NatureJair Bolsonaro
1955 – 2019
Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019.
"Look, working nine, ten years old at the farm, I was not harmed at all. When a nine-year-old, ten-year-old goes to work somewhere, it's full of people there.…"
#time"Your culture is different to ours. We're not ready for all this in Brazil because no father would ever take pride in having a gay son. Pride? Happiness? Cele…"
#family"These agents from the Cuban regime were also taken to Venezuela by Hugo Chávez. Today around 60 thousand of them control and interfere with every area of loc…"
#freedom"I have five children. There were four men, on the fifth I got weak and a woman came out."
#family"Just before Jones decreed mass suicide, he told his followers to "stop these hysterics," using the same terminology that Bolsonaro invokes to assail preventi…"
#politics"What is a golden shower?"
#money"We have a problem with a former adviser, who used to work for Flávio, atypical activities. will be heard next week. If there is something wrong with me or my…"
#humor"it's devastating to know that someone with so much influence has such a disdain for the queer community."
#knowledge"Yes, I’m homophobic – and very proud of it."
"Jesus Christ was not totally passive. He drove the money changers from the temple. If he had a firearm, he'd have used it."
#friendship"To say that hunger happens in Brazil is a big lie. People don't eat well and get sick. That I agree. Now go hungry, no. You do not see poor people on the str…"
#success"If I'm president, I'll leave UN. That institution is of no use. It's an organization of communists, of people that don't have any commitment at least to Sout…"
#Human Nature"I defend torture. A drug dealer who acts on the streets against our children must to be immediately put on a pau-de-arara. There would be no human rights in …"
#family"We want to have a great Brazil just like Trump wants to have a great America."
#justice"In Brazil, we have 1,000 penis amputations a year due to a lack of water and soap. We have to find a way to get out of the bottom of this hole."
#time"I'm a victim of prejudice against heterosexuals."
"We’re all migrants in Brazil, but we can’t fling our doors open wide for to just come. To come here and marry 11-year-old children... We can’t tolerate certa…"
#family"The Statute of the Child and Adolescent must to be ripped and thrown into a latrine. It is a stimulus to child vagabondage and rascality."
#family"Competence? It's a problem for each deputy. If I want to hire a prostitute for my office, I'll hire her. If I want to hire my mother, I'll hire her. It'll be…"
#family"The recent declarations of Olavo de Carvalho against members of the government of the Republic do not contribute to the unity of its forces and the proposed …"
#politics