From P.D. James' The Children of Men (Random House, 1993), pp. 104-105
Luke said gently: "Protection, comfort, pleasure. There has to be something more."
"It's what people care about, what they want. What more should the Council be offering?"
"Compassion, justice, love."
"No state has ever concerned itself with love, and no state ever can."
Julian said: "But it can concern itself with justice."
Rolf was impatient: "Justice, compassion, love. They're all words. What we're talking about is power. The Warden is a dictator masquerading as a democratic leader. He ought to be made to be responsible to the will of the people."
Theo said: "Ah, the will of the people. That's a fine sounding phrase. At present, the will of the people seems to be for protection, comfort, pleasure." He thought: I know what offends you--the fact that Xan enjoys such power, not the way he exercises it.
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