Frank Herbert quote: Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories ...

Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done in their name.

~ Frank Herbert ~

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