Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 11 | 163 | I did not wish to have to sue for the protection of a View more quotes about strong">strong man. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 11 | 160 | I had long felt that five Ubars in Port Kar, and the attendant anarchy resulting from this division of power, was politically insufferable, with its competition of extortions, taxes and decrees, but, more importantly, I felt that it jeopardized my own interests. |
| 11 | 161 | I intended, in Port Kar, to accumulate fortunes and power. |
| 11 | 162 | As my projects developed I had no wish to suffer for not having applied for clienthood to one Ubar or another. |
| 11 | 163 | I did not wish to have to sue for the protection of a strong man. |
| 11 | 164 | I preferred to be my own. |
| 11 | 165 | Accordingly I wished for the council to consolidate its power in the city. |
| 11 | 166 | It seemed that now, with the failure of the coup of Henrius Sevarius, and the diminishment of the power of the other Ubars, she might well do so. |
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I had long felt that five Ubars in Port Kar, and the attendant anarchy resulting from this division of power, was politically insufferable, with its competition of extortions, taxes and decrees, but, more importantly, I felt that it jeopardized my own interests.
I intended, in Port Kar, to accumulate fortunes and power.
As my projects developed I had no wish to suffer for not having applied for clienthood to one Ubar or another.
I did not wish to have to sue for the protection of a strong man.
I preferred to be my own.
Accordingly I wished for the council to consolidate its power in the city.
It seemed that now, with the failure of the coup of Henrius Sevarius, and the diminishment of the power of the other Ubars, she might well do so.
- (Raiders of Gor)