The Deserter Quotes

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Without women, there would be perpetual war and chaos. With them, there was only chaos.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“I’m always ready for anything, but prepared for nothing.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“The first casualty of war is the truth.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“advertised food and consumer products that the average Venezuelan could probably no longer afford or that were no longer available. Coming up on their right in the distance was a huge”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” Good advice for whoever dreamed up”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Whom did he light the candle for? He wasn’t sure. Maybe for those people outside—the young guys venting their rage at the fate of their country. Or for the cops springing into action to preserve their dollar-a-day jobs. Maybe even for the people draped in red for their dead idol who, by all indications, was a charismatic con artist who’d promised heaven on earth and delivered hell.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“If no one’s out in the streets protesting, it just means that people woke up that morning more exhausted than angry, or more afraid than brave. But tomorrow might be different.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“could”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make horny.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“That idiot was going to get them killed before they got a chance to get themselves killed.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Maggie Taylor was trying to balance the scales once again toward justice. If she sometimes came across as a little too obedient to the rules, it was maybe because she saw the darkness that was possible in their absence.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Actually, you could save even more American lives if the Pentagon ever figured out how to end the wars it started. Baghdad fell in three weeks. Kabul in a month. A testament to American fighting capability. The problems came in sticking the landing, in not letting these things grind on for years and years until morally dubious programs like Phoenix and Flagstaff became almost inevitable.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Taylor asked, “What do Afghanistan and Venezuela have in common?” “Tourism boards with big challenges.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“I have eyes in the back of my head.” “But your head is up your ass.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“If no one’s out in the streets protesting, it just means that people woke up that morning more exhausted than angry, or more afraid than brave.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Al Simpson, who’d joined the Army, like Brodie himself, in the aftermath of 9/11. He did his service, did well in the private sector, settled down, and put on twenty pounds. But the war that was now just a memory to Simpson was still going on, and in another year or so they’d be sending soldiers over who weren’t even alive on 9/11.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Sometimes the illusion of security was the best you could hope for.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“in a highly suspect election with record low voter turnout in which he had either jailed or banned from the ballot all viable opposition candidates.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Enos Hadley”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“If you are given the responsibility, you must be given the authority to match the responsibility.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“When shit happens, you turn it into fertilizer for your tree of knowledge.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Army lecture on responsibility, authority, and power? If you are given the responsibility, you must be given the authority to match the responsibility.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers, every one.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“a place where the worst elements of humanity had defeated civilization.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“Brodie smiled. He said, “When shit happens, you turn it into fertilizer for your tree of knowledge.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“He had a clean shot, but he also had an informal rule of trying not to kill anyone within an hour of landing in a new country,”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter

“These types of books usually tried to be a little PC and pull some punches when discussing the questionable locales their readers had chosen to travel to. Mogadishu has a rich and vibrant cultural heritage, but do your best to never leave your hotel.”
― Nelson DeMille, The Deserter