One of the difficulties of being the good guys is that even open societies have to have secret police, and secret police turn toward repression as a compass points north. (Sheri S. Tepper)

One of the difficulties of being the good guys is that even open societies have to have secret police, and secret police turn toward repression as a compass points north.

Sheri S. Tepper

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