Command Authority Quotes

“Surviving is much more painful than death.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“The KGB still killed people, the KGB would not execute its last prisoner until the final days of its existence in 1991, but by the eighties a termination required paperwork and signatures and a post-action review.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“You can always find an expert to confirm your belief, no matter how ridiculous.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Russia will invade Ukraine, probably within the next few weeks. They will annex the Crimea. From there, if they meet no resistance from the West, they will take more of the country,”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Jack Ryan said, “Benjamin Franklin put it like this: ‘Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Mr. President. Douglas MacArthur said every military disaster can be explained in two words: ‘Too late.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“I inherited curiosity from my Dad.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Biryukov continued, “Roman Talanov, my counterpart in the FSB, is leading this charge. I suppose with complete control over Russian intelligence activity abroad, he can expand his influence and begin destabilizing nations beyond the near abroad. Russia will invade Ukraine, probably within the next few weeks. They will annex the Crimea. From there, if they meet no resistance from the West, they will take more of the country, all the way to the Dnieper River.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“The first rumors about Zenith came from the Czechoslovakians.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“good data organized effectively was the most important commodity for any analyst.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Ryan asked, “Is there any economist in the world who correlates Russia’s increased authoritarianism with their increased economic growth?” Helen Glass thought for a moment. “Sure, you can find some who will say just that, but remember, there were economists predicting the fall of capitalism and the rise of world communism, even in the eighties.” Jack laughed. “Good point. You can always find an expert to confirm your belief, no matter how ridiculous.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“The social contract in Russia is very simple. The population is willing to give up liberty and turn a blind eye to government corruption in exchange for security and prosperity. This worked as long as there was security and prosperity, but it is failing now.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“They were wheels-up in less than fifteen minutes.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“anyone who knew anything about military science could have seen it coming, because the tiny nation of Estonia had focused on diplomacy, not on its physical defense. Edgar Nõlvak had seen it coming, not because he was a soldier or a politician—he was a schoolteacher—but he had seen it coming because he watched television.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Burgess said, “If you are asking about them using strategic nukes against us, I will be very clear. Admiral Jorgensen and I have been to several meetings about this recently at the Pentagon. Russia no longer has any ability whatsoever to execute a successful debilitating first strike on the United States. Two-thirds of their nuclear weapons are obsolete.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Jack assumed they would be heading to the pub there in Century House. It was drab, like the rest of the building, but more important, it was vastly more secure than just venturing out to some alehouse on the street.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Benjamin Franklin put it like this: ‘Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Everyone knew Russia’s ambitions extended to the Crimea, but a few years earlier some steam was let out of the kettle when the pro-nationalist Ukrainian president was replaced by a pro-Russian successor. The fate of the Black Sea fleet in the port of Sevastopol seemed secure, and Russia went about its business.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“He picked the milk off the porch, and then searched for a moment before finding the newspaper in the bushes near the door. The copy of the International Herald Tribune was wrapped in a plastic bag to protect it from the weather, indicating the paperboy had better sense than he had aim.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Ryan nodded. He understood the phenomenon. “The money is in the dirt, it just has to be dug up or pumped up. The money isn’t in innovation or intellectual property or in manufacturing. After a while, a nation loses its ability to innovate and to think and to build things.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Discord, in large part fueled by Moscow, was the order of the day in several other bordering nations; the invasion of Estonia was unsuccessful, but there remained the threat of invasion in Ukraine. In addition to this, a near–civil war in Georgia, bitterly disputed presidential campaigns in Latvia and Lithuania, riots and protests in other nearby countries.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Central power is a snowball that picks up snow as it rolls downhill. It will get bigger and bigger, and it will move faster and faster. In a few years there will be no one able to stop it.” “Why do the people stand for it?” Cathy asked. “The social contract in Russia is very simple. The population is willing to give up liberty and turn a blind eye to government corruption in exchange for security and prosperity. This worked as long as there was security and prosperity, but it is failing now.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“Wet streets don’t cause rain, do they?”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

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― Tom Clancy, Command Authority

“you can follow along.”
― Tom Clancy, Command Authority