Quotes from Vince Flynn

wouldn't it be easier to just do a competent job than to spend all your time covering your ass?

He had the gift of all great tacticians. He could focus on the smallest detail and never lose sight of the overall picture.

One of his favorite quotes had been from Ben Franklin: Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Once you put a romantic image in someone's head, it's hard to get it out.

Americans had grown soft with all of their rights and personal freedom.

The guest cabin at his in-laws' north woods retreat was a great place to sleep. It sat a mere twenty feet from the water's edge, and when there was a slight breeze the water would lap up against the shoreline rhythmically, sending you into a prenatal slumber. It was nature's version of a mother's heartbeat.

heard some shouting behind him. He turned to see Moro standing in front of his tent wearing his holster. For a moment

flanks. The pocket scope penetrated the dark shadows that his eyes could not. He paid particular attention to the base of the trees that bordered the path. He was looking for the telltale shoe of someone who was seeking to conceal himself. After five minutes

truly wanted to see east and west merge peacefully, but was unfortunately saddled with a populace that for the most part preferred religious rhetoric and inflammatory speech over enlightenment and liberty.

male-female team, which Rapp was happy to see, as it

We don't need a press like the Americans have, Ahmed. One that spews lies and distortions twenty-four hours a day in search of profits.

As a military historian Flood knew all too well the pitfalls of taking the easy road in times of crisis, of negotiating for today without an eye to the future.

The liberty that the free world had enjoyed over the last century was nothing more than an anomaly. A momentary pause between the priests and nobles of antiquity and the politicians and billionaires of the new age. A momentary pause that was coming to its end.

as he reached the door. Out in front of

The hugely uneven distribution of wealth itself was forcing the country toward a boiling point. Add

door and said, "Let's get that thing open, and then

they were clearly in the wrong, it was Al Rudin they paraded out in

One of his favorite lines was that talking is overrated.

People need hardship. They need something to struggle against. Someone to hate and feel superior to. Without those things they lose their identity and sense of purpose.

America is as weak as it has been in a hundred and fifty years. Its people are consumed with hatred for each other. They see themselves as having been cheated by the rest of the world. Stolen from. Taken advantage of. The twenty-four-hour news cycle continues to reinforce these attitudes, as do the Russians' Internet propaganda efforts. And the upcoming presidential election is amplifying those divisions to the point that the country is being torn apart.

It was not possible to reason with unreasonable people.

The Americans are people of extremes, prone to fits of rage and self-destructiveness, but also in possession of an inner strength that no one in history has been able to overcome.

about an hour and a half I'm going to have the president call him. The president is going to tell Jack that he wants you to look through all of the logs the Secret Service has on Ross and Alexander going back to this past September. I especially want you to look at the two weeks prior to the attack. I want to know if they had any foreign visitors, and I want you to keep an eye out for any mention of Stu Garret.

America's politicians were concerned with nothing but the perpetuation of their own power through the next election cycle. The