# Quote — Harry Turtledove, American Empire: Blood and Iron

> “I don’t hide anything I aim to do; I just come right out and say it.” An alarm whistle went off in Anne’s head; any man who said something like that was almost bound to be lying.

- Author: [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md)
- Book: [American Empire: Blood and Iron](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/american-empire-blood-and-iron.md)
- Page: 148
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_Turtledove#American_Empire:_Blood_and_Iron_(2001)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/american-empire-blood-and-iron/i-dont-hide

## More from this book

> Of all the sins in this world, which is more unforgivable than the sin of not having enough money? None I can think of.

p. 322 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/american-empire-blood-and-iron/of-all-the.md)

> “God bless you, suh, for what you done there.”
>
> “I don’t believe in God, anymore than I believe in Mother Goose,” Darrow said. “Foolish notion. But I do believe in justice, and you deserve that. Everyone deserves that.”

p. 154 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/american-empire-blood-and-iron/god-bless-you.md)

> Some people had a vested interest in trouble. If it looked as if calm threatened to break out, people like that would do anything they could to thwart it.

p. 286 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/american-empire-blood-and-iron/some-people-had.md)