Flashpoint Quotes

“by and large too many good soldiers get shot, and too few politicians.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“True freedom is freedom from the illusion of morality, from the belief that there is good and evil. There is only power, Mr. Mason.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“you know what the word ‘Islam’ means in Arabic, Mr. Mason?” ​“Subjugation.” ​“Good.” He nodded approval. “Very good. Islam is extraordinarily clever at making people feel good about being obedient. If I may paraphrase John, greater obedience hath no man than this, that he will lay down his life for his master.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“a village that was probably depressing in peacetime and now looked about as much fun as Sweden on the first Monday in January.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“He stared at me like he wanted to shoot me. It happens to some young men when you give them a uniform.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“the path to hell starts when we rob other people of their humanity. Once they stop being human, we can do what the hell we like to them. As long as we allow others to retain their humanity, we retain our own.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

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― David Archer, Flashpoint

“when she contemplated the world situation she was aware that her mind would expand and become vast in three dimensions, and she could think years ahead, contemplating hundreds of moves as though she were observing a gigantic, global chessboard. When she planned, she planned sometimes decades in advance.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“​Sometimes she wondered about lung cancer, but on some basic, primal level she believed that she and any cancers that might grow in her system were one and the same being, and they would do her no harm. ​It was an idle, amusing thought”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“between the two fences were rolls of razor wire: more effective than dogs and less likely to eat drugged steaks.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“It was a desolate landscape in which even the sparse olive trees looked ancient, skinny and thirsty.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint

“You got the feeling this wasn’t a desert because the people didn’t allow it to be, but whatever the earth gave, it gave grudgingly.”
― David Archer, Flashpoint