Little Brother Barbara Stratford Quotes

[Barbara:] "What do you want to do? Walk on the beach? Get a meal? These people had an incredible staff room ­­ we raided it on the way in. Gourmet all the way."
At last a question I could answer. "I want to find Ange. I want to find Darryl." (21.15-16)

What would you do if you'd just been saved from waterboarding?

[Barbara:] "Just because the DHS is out, it doesn't mean that you get to just walk out of here. What's happened here is that we're getting rid of the bizarro­world version of the justice system they'd instituted and replacing it with the old system. The system with judges, open trials and lawyers." (21.10)

When should rules be changed to fit a special situation and when is it important to keep established systems in place? There are no easy answers.

[Barbara:] "This could be the most important story of the War on Terror. This could be the story that topples the government. When you have a story like this, you take it very carefully." (16.156)

The power of the free press is a big deal.