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It's from his last book Kingdom of Fear if I remember rightly. Possibly the most depressing of all, although full of darkly spot on pessimism about the American 21st Century.

Edit: It is. Here's a few more choice lines...

Sane is rich and powerful. Insane is wrong and poor and weak. The rich are free, the poor are put in cages. Res Ipsa Loquitur, amen. Mahalo.

The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don't mind admitting it. They worship money and power and death. Their ideal solution to all the nation's problems would be another 100 Year War.

There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.