The Secret Hours

by Mick Herron

But remember this. You only get to spend your days looking at the past because some of us are guarding the present. And yes, that can mean wasting time and resources on fighting battles that shouldn’t need to be fought. But if I don’t fight them, the Park loses. And if the Park loses, then it doesn’t matter which way we turn to face the enemy, because the enemy’s already won.’

Nie speech. Good sentiments.