"Messerschmidt, if you're going to do anything, you'd best do it immediately."
Messerschmidt was shaking his head. "I can't do it. It's murder."
"Something much more important than human life is being murdered on that mountain at this moment."
"All right, Kimmensen," Messerschmidt exploded, "if you're so hot for it, you give the order! There're something like a hundred League families up there. Half of them're still alive, I'd say. If the election's void, you're still president. You take the responsibility, if you can."
"I can."
"Just like that."
"Messerschmidt, the defense of freedom is instantaneous and automatic."
