Arundhati Roy Quote

What's a country? It's just an administrative unit, a glorified municipality. Why do we imbue it with esoteric meaning and protect it with nuclear bombs? I can't bow down to a municipality... it's just not intelligent. The bastards will do what they have to do, and we'll do what we have to do. Even if they annihilate us, we'll go down on the other side.

Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations (ed. Haymarket Books, 2016) - ISBN: 9781608467181