First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

by Craig Johnson

“Executive Order 9066, one of the most atrocious violations of civil rights in the country’s history, certainly that of the twentieth century.” “It was supposed to be an anti-espionage act, taking all the people of Japanese ancestry

“I was a linguist and a teacher in my youth, but it took a very long time for me to understand the power of words—designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.”

“We owe the dead nothing, young man, because they know better than we do the only thing of any importance—that it is better to live.”