"Foreigners believe in individualism, but we are individuals. We aren't the servants of any state. On the contrary, the state serves us. And poorly, too. I think we should give it notice. For foreigners the state is an entity. For us it's an appliance, like a gas furnace. And to spend all day thinking about central heating is an odd thing to do except in very cold weather", Parliament of Whores, Preface to the British Edition
