Civil servants Quote by Martijn Benders

“There are basically two kinds of revolutionaries living in the world today. One looks at a crowd of people and asks how each might…

— James Tracy

“Apparently the town, a triumph of post-war socialist planning was a sewer, full of tattooed beasts and violent zombies, with vomit and blood frothing…

— Hanif Kureishi

“I thought of the former child soldier Guled and the many like him, who had fled to the camp to escape the extremists, not…

— Ben Rawlence

“we like to think of it as parallel to what we know only bigger. one man against the authorities. or one man against a…

— Tracy K. Smith

“The poets and artists and philosophers, resistance activists, secret scouts and troublemakers, had become, as they must, soldiers.”

— China Miéville

“Clowns, hoboes, gypsies, and furry animals of all kinds scattered madly and dived for cover. No doubt they thought I'd finally lost it and…

— Donna Andrews

“Even in a revolutionary movement, most people are like sheep.  They are naturally afraid, and like sheep, they have to be led.”

— Matthew Bracken

“I was hoping the people of the world might be united by something more interesting, like drugs or an unarmed struggle against the undead.”

— David Sedaris

“Hell hath no fury like a centuries-old organisation of zealots scorned.”

— Seanan McGuire

“Left identitarians who think of themselves as radical creatures, contesting this and transgressing that, have become like buttoned-up Protestant schoolmarms when it comes to…

— Mark Lilla

“Vimes hung up the tube. Trolls with a message. It was unlikely to be an invitation to a literary lunch.”

— Terry Pratchett

“We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels & free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep & conformists.”

— Bill Maher