Ryan

“One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“You might want to think twice before you try to use a man's conscience against him. It may turn out he doesn't have one.”
― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism