# Quote — James S. A. Corey, Nemesis Games

> “You familiar with the land rush in North America?”
>
> “Yeah,” Holden said, then took a sip of Fred’s coffee. It was delicious. Earth grown, and rich. The privileges of rank. “I got your covered wagon reference. I grew up in Montana, you know. That frontier shit is still the story the people there tell about themselves.”
>
> “So you know that the mythology of manifest destiny hides a lot of tragedy. Many of those covered wagons never made it. And more than a few of the people who did wound up as cheap labor for the railroads, mines, and rich farmers.”
>
> Holden drank his coffee and watched the ship construction. “Not to mention all the people who were living there before the covered wagons showed up and gave everyone a nifty new plague.”

- Author: [James S. A. Corey](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey.md)
- Book: [Nemesis Games](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games.md)
- Page: 14
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games/you-familiar-with

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> Thing about civilization, it’s what keeps people civil. You get rid of one, you can’t count on the other.

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> In order to be heard by the oppressing class, one must speak as a member of it. Not only the language, but the diction. The accusation of tyranny, however well-founded in fact, is dismissed unless it is delivered in the manner that power recognizes as powerful.

p. 223 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games/in-order-to-be-heard.md)

> She grinned to herself. Safe. That sounded like a good plan. She should try that for a change.

p. 450 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-s-a-corey/nemesis-games/she-grinned-to-herself.md)