" Half the people I know back home gobble up every ladleful of lies the MSS defecates through their media outlets.  Not only are we a race of conquered serfs, we crave self-deception because that wonderfully warped mirror helps us suffer the shame of our choice not to trudge the hard road to freedom. "

― Bobby Adair , Freedom's Fire Box Set: The Complete Military Space Opera Series (Books 1-6)