History Decoded Quotes

“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, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“You see, it doesn't matter if they're wrong. From 9/11 to recent shootings here in the United States, there's nothing more dangerous than a true believer on his own crazy mission.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“In the end, one detail is unarguable: There will always be those searching for treasure. Never forget: We are a country founded on legends and myths. We love them, especially legends of treasure. Looking for treasure isn't just part of being an American, it is America.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“...this cryptic game of hide-and-seek is what makes it one of the greatest historical mysteries. So many of the symbols can be interpreted in so many different ways, there's always the possibility that all we're really looking at is a blank slate onto which anything can be read.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“No civilian has been allowed to see the gold in Fort Knox since 1974, nearly 40 years ago.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“And more than that, the United States of America was a whole new type of nation. Nothing like America had ever been tried before in the history of the world.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“Be daring, be daring, always be daring. There is no big dream unless you dream big.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“Remember, just because something hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it’s impossible.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“Never forget, the greatest battle we’ll ever face is the battle within ourselves.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“But unlike the Freemasons or other secret societies, who were focused on longtime traditions, the KGC wanted something far more hateful: for the Union to end so they could run their own slave-based society. Their goal was to create a true, physical “golden circle”—with Mexico and the Caribbean—to build a private part of the country where slavery would continue. If that led to breaking up the Union, the KGC was all for it.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“Today, there’s more computing power in a cell phone than there was on Apollo 11, and that brought us to the moon and back.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“he referred to Project Blue Book as going from the investigation of the unexplained to the “explanation of the uninvestigated.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

“We don’t want to believe that the entire government can be jackknifed by a high school dropout.”
― Brad Meltzer, History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time