Patriotism was weird shit. - James S. A. Corey

Well," Holden said, his voice grim, "we have a major problem. We're out of coffee.
We've still got beer," Amos said.
Yes," Holden said. "But beer is not coffee. I've put in a request with the Behemoth, but I haven't heard back, and I can't see going into the vast and unknown void without coffee.

You think you know what I am, she thought, but all you’ve got is stories.

Distributed responsibility is the problem. One person gives the order, another carries it out. One can say they didn’t pull the trigger, the other that they were just doing what they were told, and everyone lets themselves off the hook.