Only the Dead Quotes

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“I’ve told you before, as fast as you are, even you can’t outrun time. It has a nasty way of catching up with you. Trust me. I know.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“When a small but growing company like Santa Monica Seafood begins to dominate a segment of the fresh fish market, putting pressure on big companies like Sysco or U.S. Foods, they simply step in and buy them out.” Danreb snapped his fingers. “Poof! No more competition. If the smaller company won’t sell, then the larger corporation, with more resources, squeezes them; usually by cutting off distribution and shipping. It’s more coordinated and integrated than the Mafia, and most of it is even legal. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo do the same thing. They watch and monitor their sector, and when another drink company starts to get traction, they buy it or cut off its distribution. When was the last time you were in a restaurant or stadium or arena that served both Coke and Pepsi? Never happens. They split up the market. And chances are, any other available beverage that isn’t owned by Coke or Pepsi is at least distributed by them, which is another means of control. The point is, if you start to be successful, you get crushed, unless you are in the club.” “You said”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Perfect Spy?” Reece said, reading the title. “You’re a le Carré fan?” “Only spy novelist worth a damn,” Danreb replied, opinionated as ever. “Other than McCarry, of course. Charles McCarry is in a league of his own.” “The Paul Christopher series.” “You’ve read them? I’ve never met anyone younger than seventy who has read McCarry.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“He knew the small island in the pond contained a rock memorial to the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence. He wondered what they would think of the generations that had inherited the gift of freedom for which they had sacrificed so much.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Most of the world will never move past being uncomfortable for a short time and returning quickly to their comfort zone. That’s easy. If you can push past that, into a sphere that feels out of control, then return to control, and then back to simply being uncomfortable, well, then you’ve really accomplished something, my boy.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Because of their dependence on Russian energy, the EU was transferring more cash to Russia to fund the special operation in Ukraine than they were sending to Ukraine to fight the Russian military.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“They hardly noticed when a former president received $500,000 for a 2010 speech at the Renaissance Capital Bank in Moscow when his wife was serving as secretary of state.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Now that I’m in this seat, I know how monumental a task that is. I will do what I can through executive order to deal with the Collective as Mr. Danreb compiles his report, but another oligarchy here at home continues to gain power. I fear the republic as we know it is dead.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six,”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“JDLR—if something “Just Doesn’t Look Right,” it’s probably not.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“death is not a destination—it’s a doorway.” He knew death was coming for him, and he wasn’t afraid. Death is a doorway, son. I’ll see you on the other side.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“A Perfect Spy?”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“normal attire of Salomon shoes, Origin jeans, a dark green Triple Aught Design sweater, brown Kühl jacket, Gatorz sunglasses, and Hoyt ball cap.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Once an Eagle,”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“for posterity’s sake, he said, ‘Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Most of the world will never move past being uncomfortable for a short time and returning quickly to their comfort zone. That’s easy. If you can push past that, into a sphere that feels out of control, then return to control, and then back to simply being uncomfortable, well, then you’ve really accomplished something, my boy.” “I feel at home right now, Dad.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“You’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“another oligarchy here at home continues to gain power. I fear the republic as we know it is dead.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Commander, I believe we share a belief that the country is at a crossroads.” “You sound more optimistic than I am.” “That’s the political way of saying ‘I don’t know if we can save it.’ The lobbyists, big tech, the defense industry, pharmaceutical companies—they have real power, real control. The people, as you correctly noted, get manipulated and taxed, with no recourse other than to vote, but that vote means less and less the more power and control these corporations accumulate.” “It’s a machine,” Reece said. “I don’t want any part of it.” “There is no New World, Commander. No faraway lands in which to plant a flag and start over.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied. —RUDYARD KIPLING”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Pain is life. Life is pain. Suffering and pain. That was your life out there. That is your life in here.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“For an intelligence professional, you’re a shitty liar.” “I don’t know who you are.” “In case you are wondering, your security detail is dead.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“The Tears of Autumn in”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“wagons were circled, accusations were made, insults were hurled, and the nation was once again divided along party lines.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Could NATO, not see that sanctions had inadvertently made the Russian president, and the oligarchy he protected, richer than they could have possibly imagined?”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“same expansive view as the main”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“distinctive hammer and sickle signifying workers and peasants, would never fly again. When she told Kira of that night she had smiled. Change was on the winds.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead

“Once an Eagle, by Anton Myrer.”
― Jack Carr, Only the Dead