Young man, you are under a misapprehension very common among civilians. You think that your superior officers are not permitted to ‘lay hands on you,’ as you put it.
 Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers (1959). copy citation

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Author Robert A. Heinlein
Source Starship Troopers
Topic officer thought
Date 1959
Language English
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