"Some of you will be called to a higher purpose. Some of you will be reassigned to a new task for the glory of our country" (Chapter 1, p. 3).

"There's nothing wrong with old I.D.'s. The new ones are just better" (Chapter 2, p. 13).

"I am through cooperating with the Population Police. You said if we followed your rules, obeyed your laws, we'd have peace and prosperity. Is this peace - men breaking into my house for no reason? Is this prosperity? You said that if my son went off to work for you, we'd all have food. Now my son is gone, and I'm still starving"
(Chapter 3, p. 20).

"This woman refused to obey a direct order from a Population Police officer. This is treason. This is punishable by death. I hereby proclaim her sentence. Do all of you understand her crime?" (Chapter 4, p. 23).

"Don't make a sound...