“Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done in their name.”

—  Frank Herbert

Gowachin Mrreg to Jorj X. McKie; p. 297
The Bureau of Sabotage series, The Dosadi Experiment (1977)

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