““Terrible things have happened. The de Witts are killed.”“Is this so terrible? They have been your foes from the moment of your birth, and though out of power would have continued to conspire against you.”“Sagi, if we must needs kill our opponents then civilization is a chimera. Governments are formed so that men may disagree without murder, and I tell you true, I loathe a mob more than anything.”“They acted out of love for you.”“That does not comfort me.””