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> [“-“Why do men like you do the job you do? It can’t be for the medals. And it’s certainly not the money.” Stone said nothing. -“Why then? God and country?” -“Both simpler and more complex, Mr. President.” -“What then?” -“So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/why-do-men-like-you-do-the-job-you-do-it-can-t-be-for-the-medals-and/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

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## More by David Baldacci

> [Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/why-waste-time-trying-to-discover-the-truth-when-you-can-so-easily/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/it-s-the-hardest-thing-in-the-world-to-put-yourself-in-someone-else-s/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“That’s what’s called a ‘valley fill.’ What they fill it with the coal companies call ‘overburden.’ That’s basically everything they tore off the land:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/that-s-what-s-called-a-valley-fill-what-they-fill-it-with-the-coal/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/but-if-i-worried-too-much-about-publishers-expectations-i-d-probably/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/that-s-what-civilization-sometimes-did-to-threats-real-or-perceived/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“You could have been a great scientist or something. Or a writer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/you-could-have-been-a-great-scientist-or-something-or-a-writer/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“That’s good to hear, Billy. Kids have enough shit to deal with without somebody who is supposed to love them beating the crap out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/that-s-good-to-hear-billy-kids-have-enough-shit-to-deal-with-without/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/most-people-associate-reading-with-laying-on-the-beach-they-don-t-see/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [I'm ever curious about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/i-m-ever-curious-about-the-world/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“There was a time when Stone would have rated a platoon of crackerjack killers coming for him by land, sea and air. Those days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/there-was-a-time-when-stone-would-have-rated-a-platoon-of-crackerjack/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/i-m-driven-to-go-out-and-find-new-things-to-write-about/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/it-s-hard-cotton-to-let-yourself-love-something-you-know-you-may/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [I'm a wicked ping-pong player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/i-m-a-wicked-ping-pong-player/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit. And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/he-could-compartmentalize-at-an-astonishing-level-it-came-from-not/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

> [“two unconscious, bleeding men and then over at the girl behind the bar. She was staring at him openmouthed, the glass-rag and beer mug…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/two-unconscious-bleeding-men-and-then-over-at-the-girl-behind-the-bar/)

[David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/)

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