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The drafters of the Constitution had made one simple but far-reaching error. They'd assumed that the people selected by The People to manage the nation would be as honest and honorable as they'd been. One could almost hear the "Oops!" emanating from all those old graves.

— Tom Clancy The Bear and the Dragon (2000)

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There's nothing that's ever happened in the world that didn't start in one human mind.

In Depth with Tom Clancy (2002)

I’ve made up stuff that’s turned out to be real, that’s the spooky part.

There's two kinds of people in the world, the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.

Without Remorse (1993)

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

to an interview on Larry King Live; also quoted in Quotable Quotes (1997)

Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.

Patriot Games (1987)

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