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“Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a wilful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses.”
“Culture is like a smog. To live within it, you must breathe some of it in and, inevitably, be contaminated.”
“Bancroft wants privacy, he spends half a million on discretion systems. Me, I just go talk where no one’s listening.”
“The essence of control is to remain hidden from view, is it not?”
“I paused and set down my glass, searching for the fine edge of deceit that always lies right up against the truth.”
“This was no time for thinking. Thought in combat was a luxury about as appropriate as a hot bath and massage.”
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Sir Richard Francis Morgan (21 February 1821 – 27 January 1876) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) lawyer, who served as the 13th Queen's Advocate of Ceylon and acting Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was the first Asian in the British Empire to receive a Knighthood and first Ceylonese to be a member of the Governor's Executive Council and was an unofficial (Burgher) member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. He was the Crown Advocate who prosecuted famed bandit Saradiel.
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