“Because while the truncheon may be used in
lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer
the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of
truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this
country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and
oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and
speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance
coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this
happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible
than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be
told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a
mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be?
War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired
to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. ”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
"Turning and turning
in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot
hear the falconer;
Things fall apart;
the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is
loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed
tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of
innocence is drowned;
The best lack all
conviction, while the worst
Are full of
passionate intensity."
-- William Bultler Yeats