120 Quotes by Brad Thor

I believe power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Chief made several more notes. "Any PTSD?"McGee shook his head. "The joke in our industry is that guys like Harvath don't get PTSD, they give it.

You know when I told you the joke about how a friend will help you move, but a real friend will help you move a body? I was only kidding.

Robert Ashford possessed one of the key character flaws necessary to a traitor. He thought he was smarter than everyone else. This allowed the overeducated career bureaucrat to sell out his own country, because he believed he knew what was best for his nation and its people.

...all members of Congress should be required wear NASCAR uniforms. You know, the kind with the patches? That way we'd know who is sponsoring each of them. I think he was kidding; they'd never be able to do it but it's a great idea and would wake people up in this country.

Have a smile on your face for everyone you meet, and a plan to kill them.

... have a smile for everyone you meet and a plan to kill them.

If he's like any other man I've ever met, it's not my smile he's going to be looking at.

Human beings are the most successful of animals because of their capability to learn, and an abused animal learns very quickly to defend itself. It also learns very quickly to trust very few people - if any.