All but the final quotation are from Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett.

���Steal thousands of dollars and you were either a government or a hero.��� In contrast to stealing a few dollars. Moist���s thought as he is waiting to be hanged.

���No practical definition of freedom would be completely without the freedom to take the consequences.��� Lord Vetinarri to Moist, including that the consequences may be death.

���Weapons made him nervous, which was why he���s never carried one.��� Moist to himself, during his first escape, thinking over his situation.

What kind of man would put known criminal in charge of criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Aside from, say, the average voter.��� Moist, thinking over his situation,

���Being an absolute ruler today was not as simple as people thought.��� ���A least, it was not simple if your ambitions included being an absolute ruler tomorrow.���

���Who will tell the tyrant that he is a tyrant? ���Lord Vetinari, in a conversation with Drumknott.

���The R���iil���nai said there were certain rules of civilized behavior we had to follow.������Bowling (yes, me.) The book is Homecoming, and the context is the Human, Cinda, telling Marna about the Confederation. ���The R���il���nai said there were certain rules of civilized behavior we had to follow. Like not trying to take over a planet with another intelligent species on it.”