Quote  Category: Government “If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.” - Frank Patrick Herbert (1920-1986) The Dosadi Experiment - US science fiction novelist; wrote Dune series 1965, novel Soul Catcher 1971. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.