# Quote — Harry Turtledove, How Few Remain

> “Why do we have such a pack of confounded dunderheads running this country?”
>
> “My theory used to be that we get the government we deserve,” Sam said. “Bad as we are, though, I don’t think we’re that bad. Right now, I’m taking a long look at the notion that God hates us.”

- Author: [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md)
- Book: [How Few Remain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain.md)
- Page: 344
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain/why-do-we-have

## More from this book

> “You notice he does not do anything about it. The first amendment to the Constitution protects our right to speak freely.” He let out a chuckle the wind flung away. “The first amendment also protects his right to speak freely, however distasteful I find his opinion.”

p. 549 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain/you-notice-he-does.md)

> A low murmur came from his audience, more frightening in its way than the fury they had shown before. Fury didn’t last. Now Lincoln was making them think. Thought was slower than anger to flower into action, but it was a hardy perennial. It did not bloom and die.

p. 21 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain/a-low-murmur.md)

> He’d turned fifty-seven earlier in the year, and the past had a way of looking better and the present worse the older he got.

p. 29 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain/hed-turned-fifty-seven.md)