“When Reacher Gilt talks about freedom, he means his, not anyone else's.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I believe the term is ‘eminent domain.’ Ah, yes. That means ‘theft by the government,” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Bandits and governments 'ave so much in common that they might be interchangeable anywhere in the world...” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust? Very nearly everyone, come to think of it...” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Well, it would have to be “The Man Who Was Thursday.” It’s a damn good read that I believe should be read… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In the end the problem isn't that you have the wrong sort of government for the People, but that you have the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I heard the Empire has a tyrannical and repressive government!" "What form of government is that?" said Ponder Stibbons. "A tautology," said… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The politics of wizardry were either very simple, and resolved by someone ceasing to breathe, or as complex as one ball of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Listen, Peaches, trickery is what humans are all about," said the voice of Maurice. "They're so keen on tricking one another all… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Yeah, but your mate Dave says the government always hushes things up, Nobby,” said Fred. “Well, they do.” “Except he always gets… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The worst part, the worst part, was that Lord de Worde was never wrong. It was not a position he understood in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It's amazing how good governments are, given their track records in almost every other field, at hushing up things like alien encounters.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You had to stop discussing politics or you would run right into it, causing no damage to anything but yourself.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“My strčíme všechny naše politiky, hned poté co jsou zvoleni, do kriminálu. Vy ne?" "Proč?" "Ušetří to spoustu času.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Things that are back to front are often easier to comprehend if they are upside down as well. In life as in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Genua had once controlled the river mouth and taxed its traffic in a way that couldn't be called piracy because it was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Oh, don’t be absurd, man.' The Prime Minister sat back in his chair. 'Come on. We can’t just ban a thing because… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Once you were in the hands of a Grand Vizier, you were dead. Grand Viziers were always scheming megalomaniacs. It was probably… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There is a night that never comes to an end.... The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
