Dark State Quotes

“Back to my question: is it better to reign in Hell—or should I aspire to be a citizen in the early years of a better nation?”
― Charles Stross, Dark State

“Ras is a big fan of Noam Chomsky; calling it the Propaganda Ministry keeps things honest, he says. Like having a Ministry of War rather than a Department of Defense, or Counting Other People’s Murdered Children instead of talking about Collateral Damage.”
― Charles Stross, Dark State

“America is the place where you cannot kill your Government by killing the men who conduct it. The only way you can kill government in America is by making the men and women of America forget how to govern. —Woodrow Wilson, 1919”
― Charles Stross, Dark State

“After all, if there is one person a fanatic is predisposed to hate, it’s a moderate who is almost but not completely aligned with their program.”
― Charles Stross, Dark State

“A certain Herr Schurz, a Prussian politician, once said: ‘My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”
― Charles Stross, Dark State

“Rita stopped, suddenly acutely aware that while curiosity was her job, too much curiosity was reputedly felicidal:”
― Charles Stross, Dark State

“I picked you for this task, Colonel, precisely because you won’t do it lightly.”
― Charles Stross, Dark State

“Everything is terrorism these days: downloading, uploading, jaywalking with intent to cause fear.”
― Charles Stross, Dark State