The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

by James Islington

It’s hard, when the lies that let you sleep are so cruelly laid bare.

“Silence is a statement, Diago. Inaction picks a side. And when those lead to personal benefit, they are complicity.”

“A man will always wonder what might have been, but a wise one recognises fortune when it comes.

The man who is never nervous, never grows.”

A fair system only works if there’s an unbiased means of assessing merit. When there is no pride or selfishness involved.” He gives a soft snort, shaking his head. “Which means that fair systems cannot exist where people are involved.”

“That’s the problem with people, though, isn’t it? They always think that other people are the problem.”

“You cannot be free if you are afraid to die.”

They know the system is wrong, but they choose not to think or speak up or act because they ultimately hope that in their silence, they will gain.

The decision may have been made by the few, Diago, but it’s the Will of the many that killed your family.”

“Violence is no answer to grief,”

The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead.”

understand that no country’s governance is perfect. Anyone who looks at a system of people and thinks the system is the problem, is a fool.

“I’m going to make sure you burn for this.”

“But death is a doorway, Son. You will see him again. No one is ever truly lost.”

“Death is only meaningless if it does not change us,