"Gordon Eklund - Falling Toward Forever" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eklund Gordon)

"By teaching the farmers how to grow high yield crops upon
their land. By teaching them that modernтАФ"

"Isn't that rather the hard way?" said Waller. "It seems to me,
if people want to eat, there are better ways than charity. How
about seizing control of their own country's resources?"

"Don't tell me you believe your own propaganda?"

"I was willing to die for it."

"Then you should be willing to think about it, too. No
government, whether of the people or not, is powerful enough to
control the world's climate. That's what caused this
famineтАФnothing else."

"But other things have made it worse. Famine or not, there's
no good reason for people to starve when others have more than
they need."

"But does killing help, either?"
 He smiled. "Sure it does. Fewer mouths to feed."

"Now I know you're joking. And you're disgusting, too. How
can you even pretend to have ideals? You're just a hired
killerтАФlike Al Capone."

"A much cheaper one. How much do you think an insurgent
private makes in a week? In a year?"

"I don't care. Besides, that just makes it worse. If you're going
to slaughter innocent people, at least don't do it for free."

"I don't think I've ever met a really innocent person."

"My father was."

"And presumably still is. Don't make him dead before his
time."

"Well, I just wish I knew. One way or the other. I'd like to
know."

"And so would I. I'd like to know a lot of things." Waller waved
at the high, dark trees surrounding them. "But we agreed not to
worry about that. Look, tell me something else, If your presence
in the village was purely innocent, then what were you doing in
that room?"