Chapter 9 “Red Sun Circle” (pp. 136-137)
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It had long been established in the Civil Worlds that public business was to be transparent, and personal business opaque; but it was as well recognised that the two would always have a turbulent interface, and that the clique, the caucus, and the conspiracy were as ineradicable features of civility as the council or the committee.
— Ken MacLeod
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Source: Wikiquote: "Ken MacLeod" (Quotes, Learning the World (2005): All page numbers from the mass market edition published by Tor Books )
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