“Of all the things he wants," Liberty said, "money's the easiest to get.”

“He pulled out a single half-blackened disc of bronze. "Money," he said. "You get it by working, and then you trade it for things you want.""But it's so small," said Runnel."So's your wit," said the man, and turned away.”

“Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!”

“the easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself, for what a man wishes, he generally believes to be true!”

“It’s all circling around the same problem of personal liberties,” Walter said. “People came to this country for either money or freedom. If you don’t have money, you cling to your freedoms all the more angrily. Even if smoking kills you, even if you can’t afford to feed your kids, even if your kids are getting shot down by maniacs with assault rifles. You may be poor, but the one thing nobody can take away from you is the freedom to fuck up your life whatever way you want to.”

“He wanted to keep things in, and all I wanted to do was get out.”