{
  "type": "quote",
  "site": {
    "name": "Leafy Quotes",
    "language": "en",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-stross/saturns-children/the-number-one",
  "json": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-stross/saturns-children/the-number-one.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-stross/saturns-children/the-number-one.md",
  "id": "2126f9f1-e650-4be9-89d4-bd3853643087",
  "slug": "the-number-one",
  "text": "The number one crime in any age: offending the money.",
  "language": "en",
  "author": {
    "name": "Charles Stross",
    "slug": "charles-stross",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-stross"
  },
  "book": {
    "title": "Saturn's Children",
    "slug": "saturns-children",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-stross/saturns-children"
  },
  "character": null,
  "chapter": null,
  "chapter_parent": null,
  "page": 268,
  "verified": false,
  "original": null,
  "other_languages": [],
  "topics": [
    {
      "name": "money",
      "slug": "money",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/money"
    },
    {
      "name": "crime",
      "slug": "crime-2",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/crime-2"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "name": "Wikiquote",
    "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Stross#Saturn's_Children_(2008)",
    "license": {
      "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
    }
  },
  "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:54:07",
  "more_from_book": [
    {
      "id": "5a26353a-dae5-42da-bdad-c612dc4ff768",
      "slug": "politics-is-shit",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-stross/saturns-children/politics-is-shit",
      "text": "Politics is shit; it corrupts everything it touches, and getting involved in it only leads to misery and dissatisfaction.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": 157,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "politics",
          "slug": "politics",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics"
        },
        {
          "name": "corruption",
          "slug": "corruption",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/corruption"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Stross#Saturn's_Children_(2008)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:54:07"
    },
    {
      "id": "498f45b2-2f5d-4c79-8391-f5f572089a33",
      "slug": "freedom-the-word",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-stross/saturns-children/freedom-the-word",
      "text": "“Freedom?” The word tastes bitter. “What’s freedom ever done for me? Seems to me I’ve been free almost all my life, but what has it gotten me? Really?”\n\nShe’s silent for only a moment. “Ask not what it’s gotten you, kid. Ask what it’s saved you from.”",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": 253,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "freedom",
          "slug": "freedom",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/freedom"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Stross#Saturn's_Children_(2008)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:54:07"
    }
  ]
}