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21 " For average working folks, America was becoming a puzzle. Who was buying all these two-hundred-dollar copper saucepans, anyway? And how was everyone paying for these BMWs? Were people shrewd or just stupefyingly irresponsible "
― Daniel Suarez , Daemon (Daemon, #1)
22 " Change was good. Painful, but good. It made you stronger. When you stopped changing, you started dying. "
23 " Humanity had always trafficked in oppression. Before the corporate marketing department got ahold of it, it was called conquest. Now it was regional development. "
24 " Her new boss was an undead automaton from hell, true, but no job was perfect. "
25 " But you have a problem: Because I’m dead, you can’t arrest me. More importantly: You can’t stop me. "
26 " Now combine an application like that—a widely distributed entity that never dies—with tens of millions of dollars and the ability to purchase goods and services. It’s answerable to no one and has no fear of punishment." "My God. It’s a corporation. "
27 " This had all the earmarks of an SQL-injection attack, and he had a favorite one. In the logon and password boxes he entered: ‘or 1=1-- "
28 " I have always held a deep admiration for the founding fathers of your republic. Your Constitution and your Bill of Rights were an incredible gift to mankind. Although lately America appears to have strayed from the path set forth by its founders. "