And y'know what they decided the number one threat was? The destructive and disruptive capability of a small group. That's what they're worried about most...they're terrified of a small group with a committed goal.

— Brad Meltzer

...can I tell you something...? I don't think you're in love with the past. I think you're scared of the future.

— Brad Meltzer

Don't go to eighth grade...don't talk about something old...don't bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.

— Brad Meltzer

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.

— Brad Meltzer

History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?

— Brad Meltzer

...history is a selection process - it chooses moments and events, and even people - it hands them a situation that they shouldn't be able to overcome, and it's in those moments, in that fight, that people find out who they are.

— Brad Meltzer

History isn't written by the winners - it's written by everyone - it's a jigsaw of facts from contradictory sources. But every once in a while, you unearth that one original document that no one can argue with...

— Brad Meltzer

History is simply what's behind us.

— Brad Meltzer

...if you think the worst you'll get the worst, but if you think the best...""and then everything will blow up in your face anyway. Don't you get the punchline yet? It's the great cosmic practical joke: Knock, who's there? Big kick in the Ass.

— Brad Meltzer

Indeed, to this day, I think if you blame everything on the government, you're not just wrong, you're being reckless. It's as silly as blaming everything on the Freemasons, or the Illuminati, or insert-bad-guy-here. But I do believe that someone must ask the hard questions, especially of our elected officials as well as powerful men who become members of so-called secret societies. Remember: Governments don't lie. People lie. And if you want the real story, you need to find out more about those people.

— Brad Meltzer