# Quote — John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider

> "But I was never put on trial, never convicted!"
>
> "You are not entitled to a trial."
>
> "Anybody's entitled to a trial, damn you!"
>
> "That is absolutely true. But you see you are not anybody. You are nobody.

- Author: [John Brunner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner.md)
- Book: [The Shockwave Rider](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-shockwave-rider.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-shockwave-rider/but-i-was

## More from this book

> The theory was and always had been: this is the thing the solid citizen has no need to worry about. Important, later all-important question: what about the hollow citizen?

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> If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.

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> It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind isn't made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with.

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