It was one hell of an inspection when you went around finding how many sane men you had left. - Robert Sheckley

Society as a whole, he reminded himself, must be protected against the individual, just as a human body must be protected against malfunction of any of its parts. As fond as you might be of your gall bladder, you would sacrifice it mercilessly if it were going to impair the rest of you.

It might have meant something, or it might not have. That was the thing about uncertainty, you were never sure.

You must remember," the doctor said, "Society must be protected against the individual."
"Yes," Feerman said drowsily, "but who is to protect the individual against society?