““Petty tyrant a long time back. He built this place.”
“Trepp said it belonged to the Catholics.”
Kawahara shrugged. “Petty tyrant with delusions of religion. Catholics get on well with tyranny. It’s in the culture.””

—  Richard K. Morgan , book Altered Carbon

Source: Altered Carbon (2002), Chapter 25 (p. 321)

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