“They can’t say anything against the government, not in public they can’t.” “Is it a country or a jail?”… — Harry Turtledove
“They can’t say anything against the government, not in public they can’t.”
“Is it a country or a jail?” Carsten asked.
“Near as I can tell, sir,” the second yeoman said, “it’s a jail.”
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