# Quote — Philip K. Dick, The Divine Invasion

> It was evident to Elias Tate that this was the government. First they shake hands with you, he thought, and then they murder you.

- Author: [Philip K. Dick](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick.md)
- Book: [The Divine Invasion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick/the-divine-invasion.md)
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> They think they are free because they have never been free, and do not know what it means.

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