# Quote — Michael Moorcock, The Warlord of the Air

> Paternalism and centralism, the bane of capitalist as well as socialist politics, are for me the permanent enemy of democracy.

- Author: [Michael Moorcock](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock.md)
- Book: [The Warlord of the Air](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-warlord-of-the-air.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock#The_Warlord_of_the_Air_(1971)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-warlord-of-the-air/paternalism-and-centralism

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> The conqueror always assumes that his moral superiority—rather than his ferocious greed—is what has allowed him to triumph.

p. 121 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-warlord-of-the-air/the-conqueror-always.md)

> Tyrants hate original thinking.

p. 106 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-warlord-of-the-air/tyrants-hate-original.md)

> In an infinite universe, all may become real sooner or later. Yet it is always up to mankind to make real what it really wishes to be real.

p. 135 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-warlord-of-the-air/in-an-infinite.md)