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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Tom Clancy"  src="//izquotes.com/images/tom-clancy-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/america-is-the-most-inventive-country-in-the-world-because-everybody-has-access-to-information-37694" class="qlink">America is the most inventive country in the world because everybody has access to information.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy">Tom Clancy</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Schafer interview (1995)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/america-is-the-most-inventive-country-in-the-world-because-everybody-has-access-to-information-37694',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Famerica-is-the-most-inventive-country-in-the-world-because-everybody-has-access-to-information-37694&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=America+is+the+most+inventive+country+in+the+world+because+everybody+has+access+to+information.+%28Tom+Clancy%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Famerica-is-the-most-inventive-country-in-the-world-because-everybody-has-access-to-information-37694',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/america-is-the-most-inventive-country-in-the-world-because-everybody-has-access-to-information-37694" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Tom Clancy"  src="//izquotes.com/images/tom-clancy-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/fighting-wars-is-not-so-much-about-killing-people-as-it-is-about-finding-things-out-the-more-you-37696" class="qlink">Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy">Tom Clancy</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Schafer interview (1995)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/fighting-wars-is-not-so-much-about-killing-people-as-it-is-about-finding-things-out-the-more-you-37696',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Ffighting-wars-is-not-so-much-about-killing-people-as-it-is-about-finding-things-out-the-more-you-37696&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Fighting+wars+is+not+so+much+about+killing+people+as+it+is+about+finding+things+out.+The+more+you+...+%28Tom+Clancy%29+%23...&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Ffighting-wars-is-not-so-much-about-killing-people-as-it-is-about-finding-things-out-the-more-you-37696',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/fighting-wars-is-not-so-much-about-killing-people-as-it-is-about-finding-things-out-the-more-you-37696" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Tom Clancy"  src="//izquotes.com/images/tom-clancy-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/i-was-one-of-the-first-generations-to-watch-television-tv-exposes-people-to-news-to-information-37697" class="qlink">I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy">Tom Clancy</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Schafer interview (1995)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/i-was-one-of-the-first-generations-to-watch-television-tv-exposes-people-to-news-to-information-37697',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Fi-was-one-of-the-first-generations-to-watch-television-tv-exposes-people-to-news-to-information-37697&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+was+one+of+the+first+generations+to+watch+television.+TV+exposes+people+to+news%2C+to...+%28Tom+Clancy%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Fi-was-one-of-the-first-generations-to-watch-television-tv-exposes-people-to-news-to-information-37697',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/i-was-one-of-the-first-generations-to-watch-television-tv-exposes-people-to-news-to-information-37697" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Tom Clancy"  src="//izquotes.com/images/tom-clancy-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/in-the-soviet-union-it-was-illegal-to-take-a-photograph-of-a-train-station-look-what-happened-to-37699" class="qlink">In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them. They tried to classify everything.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy">Tom Clancy</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Schafer interview (1995)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/in-the-soviet-union-it-was-illegal-to-take-a-photograph-of-a-train-station-look-what-happened-to-37699',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Fin-the-soviet-union-it-was-illegal-to-take-a-photograph-of-a-train-station-look-what-happened-to-37699&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=In+the+Soviet+Union+it+was+illegal+to+take+a+photograph+of+a+train+station.+Look+what+happened+to+...+%28Tom+Clancy%29+%23...&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Fin-the-soviet-union-it-was-illegal-to-take-a-photograph-of-a-train-station-look-what-happened-to-37699',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/in-the-soviet-union-it-was-illegal-to-take-a-photograph-of-a-train-station-look-what-happened-to-37699" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Tom Clancy"  src="//izquotes.com/images/tom-clancy-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/it-s-not-right-to-say-that-our-loss-in-vietnam-turned-out-to-be-a-gain-but-lessons-were-learned-37700" class="qlink">It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/tom-clancy">Tom Clancy</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/it-s-not-right-to-say-that-our-loss-in-vietnam-turned-out-to-be-a-gain-but-lessons-were-learned-37700',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Fit-s-not-right-to-say-that-our-loss-in-vietnam-turned-out-to-be-a-gain-but-lessons-were-learned-37700&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=It%27s+not+right+to+say+that+our+loss+in+Vietnam+turned+out+to+be+a+gain.+But+lessons+were+learned.+...+%28Tom+Clancy%29+%23...&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Ftom-clancy%2Fit-s-not-right-to-say-that-our-loss-in-vietnam-turned-out-to-be-a-gain-but-lessons-were-learned-37700',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/tom-clancy/it-s-not-right-to-say-that-our-loss-in-vietnam-turned-out-to-be-a-gain-but-lessons-were-learned-37700" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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