# Quote — Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination

> Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.

- Author: [Alfred Bester](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alfred-bester.md)
- Book: [The Stars My Destination](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alfred-bester/the-stars-my-destination.md)
- Page: 253
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Bester#The_Stars_My_Destination_(1956)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/alfred-bester/the-stars-my-destination/millions-for-defense

## More from this book

> Yes, no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we’re always licked by something from the inside. There’s no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.

p. 188 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alfred-bester/the-stars-my-destination/yes-no-matter.md)

> We always do what’s natural, only sometimes we shouldn’t do it.

p. 98 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alfred-bester/the-stars-my-destination/we-always-do-whats.md)

> The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.

p. 221 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alfred-bester/the-stars-my-destination/the-man-who.md)