“And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust? Very nearly everyone, come to think of it...”

“Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust?Very nearly everyone, come to think of it...”

“Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?”

“We all just took the bookstore at its word, because if you couldn't trust a bookstore, what could you trust?”

“You can't trust the government to do anything right-except, of course, to conspire and cover up. Then it becomes diabolically efficient. The very people who are wildest for government conspiracies are often the same people who believe the government is incapable of delivering the mail efficiently.”

“Never trust he who trusts everyone.”