Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

by Terry Pratchett

You take a bunch of people who don’t seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem.”

It’s only your country when they want you to get killed!

And if you couldn’t trust the government, who could you trust? Very nearly everyone, come to think of it…

When they’re laughing at you, their guard is down. When their guard is down, you can kick them in the fracas.