“What had he been taught? For the social good, you must be your own policeman and witness. You must assume responsibility for any crime which might conceivably be yours.
The face of the informer stared impassively at him. It was Barrent’s own face, reflected back from a mirror on the wall.”

— Robert Sheckley, book The Status Civilization

Source: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 29 (p. 123)

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