"Oh, how I loathe worrying about money all the time." Chapter 1, pg. 2

"The jails were full of innocent people; he imprisoned and tortured them for no reason, according to his whim. Francia kept Paraguay isolated. No one was allowed to leave or to come into the country." Chapter 5, pg. 55

"...he still manages to keep complete rule over the country and he alone is the supreme judge of every single crime and misdemeanor, no matter how petty. A shocking example of this occurred only a few days ago, when a gentleman who was an acquaintance of mine applied for a passport to go to Buenos Ayres and because something to do with the payment for the stamps is not to his liking he got angry and tore up the passport; the poor man was immediately arrested on President Lopez's orders and, without a trial or any sort of hearing...