"This was Jakarta, where the enticing scent of cloves and orchid blossoms battled the miasma of open sewers for dominance." Chapter 4, Pg. 29

"Indeed, promoting capitalism often results in a system that resembles medieval feudal societies." Chapter 4, Pg. 32

"The loans of foreign aid will ensure that today's children and their grandchildren will be held hostage." Chapter 8, pg. 56

"If I don't pay [my soldiers] the CIA will." Chapter 17, pg. 121

"The desert is a symbol, Turning it green is about much more than agriculture." Chapter 13, pg. 129

"It was disturbing to understand that the unspoken details behind the written words of my resume and of that article defined a world of smoke and mirrors intended to keep us all shacked to a system that is orally repugnant and ultimately self destructive." Chapter 23, pg. 164

"The jackals were back...and they wanted everyone else who might consider joining an anti-corporatocracy crusade to know it...