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101 " Mellon was right,” he said. “Raising tax rates does not raise revenues. In fact, just the opposite happens. The rich just find a way to legally shelter their money and avoid the higher taxes. And who could blame them. But every time we’ve lowered tax rates, revenues rose. Harding. Coolidge. Hoover. Kennedy. Reagan. Bush. They all got that. "
― Steve Berry , The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone, #10)
102 " 9mm was ready. But "
― Steve Berry , The Amber Room
103 " I’m a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. "
― Steve Berry , The Lost Order (Cotton Malone, #12)
104 " Before the unknown Jewish martyr, incline your head in piety and respect for all the martyrs. Incline your thoughts to accompany them along their path of sorrow. They will lead you to the highest pinnacle of justice and truth. “A quote from Justin Godart, Minister of Health and Honorary President of the Committee for the Unknown Jewish Martyr, "
― Steve Berry , The House of Long Ago (Cassiopeia Vitt, #4)
105 " The man who seeks to perpetuate prejudice and class hatred is doing America an ill service. "
106 " aventail bit into his neck and chin. He’d dressed "
― Steve Berry , The Omega Factor
107 " Anger caused mistakes. "
― Steve Berry , The End of Forever (Cassiopeia Vitt, #5)
108 " But elitism was inevitable with religion. Human beings just could not help themselves. "
109 " She had little respect for politicians. Especially the 21st-century variety, who seemed more concerned with their own survival than making any kind of difference. In "
110 " that most precious of human commodities—knowledge. "
― Steve Berry , The Alexandria Link (Cotton Malone, #2)
111 " Communism’s entire existence depended on coercion. "
― Steve Berry , The Warsaw Protocol (Cotton Malone, #15)
112 " no different from the myriad of other politicos he’d bought and sold from around the world, men and women eager for power and lacking in conscience. "
113 " Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. It is destiny which makes them prudent. "
― Steve Berry , The Kaiser's Web (Cotton Malone, #16)
114 " To manufacture fear you have to mobilize a large portion of the people to accept it exists. That takes work. Blood must be shed. Terrorism, if you will. But to counterfeit fear? That's much easier. All you have to do is silence those who call fear into question. "
115 " Right, wrong, doesn’t matter. Just do something. "
116 " Faith was the death of reason. Faith relied on blind allegiance, without thought, only an unquestioned belief. "
― Steve Berry , The Malta Exchange (Cotton Malone, #14)
117 " Lincoln was right. Do I not destroy my enemy when I make them my friend? "
― Steve Berry , The Bishop's Pawn (Cotton Malone, #13)
118 " Lies have short legs. "
119 " people nearly always left trails. It’s human nature "
120 " The Koran likewise. The Magna Carta. The American Constitution. Billions of people govern their lives by those words. Society has been altered by them. "