# Quote — H. Beam Piper, The Complete Paratime

> Two were Assassins, and the other three were of a breed Verkan Vall had learned to recognize on any time-line—the arrogant, cocksure, ambitious, leftist politician, who knows what is best for everybody better than anybody else does, and who is convinced that he is inescapably right and that whoever differs with him is not only an ignoramus but a venal scoundrel as well.

- Author: [H. Beam Piper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/h-beam-piper.md)
- Book: [The Complete Paratime](https://www.leafyquotes.com/h-beam-piper/the-complete-paratime.md)
- Page: 95
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