# Quote — Richard Morgan, Altered Carbon

> Anyone who bar-codes their employees isn’t likely to be the forgiving type, and the reflex of long-held obedience through hierarchy is usually enough to overcome fear of a combat death. That’s how you fight wars, after all—with soldiers who are more afraid of stepping out of line than they are of dying on the battlefield.

- Author: [Richard Morgan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-morgan.md)
- Book: [Altered Carbon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-morgan/altered-carbon.md)
- Page: 182
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