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161 " According to Benjamin Franklin, “He that can have patience, can have what he will. "
― Brad Meltzer , The Inner Circle (Culper Ring, #1)
162 " Pocas cosas se te clavan tan adentro como las lágrimas de un padre. "
― Brad Meltzer , The First Counsel
163 " At noon, an open horse-drawn carriage pulls up in front of the Willard Hotel. Out of it steps current President James Buchanan, who will serve as Lincoln’s escort to the Capitol several blocks away. When Lincoln emerges from the hotel, the two men shake hands and step up into the horse-drawn barouche. The scene is witnessed by scores of advisors and reporters. The passage together of the current and future President is a symbol of the peaceful transfer of power—an ideal that both men want to reinforce in public during the current political moment. "
― Brad Meltzer , The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President—and Why It Failed
164 " But unlike the Freemasons or other secret societies, who were focused on longtime traditions, the KGC wanted something far more hateful: for the Union to end so they could run their own slave-based society. Their goal was to create a true, physical “golden circle”—with Mexico and the Caribbean—to build a private part of the country where slavery would continue. If that led to breaking up the Union, the KGC was all for it. "
― Brad Meltzer , History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
165 " Today, there’s more computing power in a cell phone than there was on Apollo 11, and that brought us to the moon and back. "