"There is strength, and then there is viciousness. There is authority, and then there is abuse." The intricacies of a social contract would likely be lost on her, but the sentiment was, in many ways, universal. More so, Enjolras suspected, for people who had lived to see the erosion of it.

"A strong government seeks to promote peace, and it will enforce that peace when it becomes necessary." He looked to the garden around them, and then down at his feet. "Forgive me, madame, but I find it hard to regard Panem as a peaceful place if that peace is bought routinely at the expense of lives."