# American Exit Strategy ![rw-book-cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lRvEhrjZL._SL200_.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Mark Goodwin]] - Full Title: American Exit Strategy - Category: #books ## Highlights - “They shouldn’t claim to be Libertarians if they don’t stand up for everyone’s liberty. A woman’s right to choose what she does with her body ends when that unborn child’s life begins. That unborn child has the same God-given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as anyone else.” ([Location 61](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=61)) - The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.   John Adams ([Location 158](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=158)) - When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny.   Thomas Jefferson ([Location 190](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=190)) - In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.   Proverbs 21:20 ([Location 306](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=306)) - “Our system is fragile and interdependent on every other part of the system. It’s also extremely complex. The complexity increases the chances of something going terribly wrong, and it makes it more challenging to fix. We’re in such an economic pit that there is literally no way out. Consider the Great Depression. Ninety percent of the population lived on farms or at least in rural areas. Only ten percent of people lived in cities, yet even with most everyone living on farms and all the good will people had toward their fellow man, Americans still starved to death. Now, people will slit your throat for a pair of tennis shoes and the exact opposite demographic is true. Ninety percent of people live in cities and only ten percent of people live in rural areas or farms. What would those people eat if the system came crashing down? If the currency collapses, how will the farmers sell their produce to purchase seeds and fuel to produce the following year’s crop? And it all just cascades downward from there. ([Location 348](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=348)) - Grocery stores only stock about three days’ worth of food. If there is a run on grocers, the shelves could be empty in six hours.” ([Location 362](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=362)) - “I recommend you start with some long-term food storage—six months’ worth at a minimum. The easiest and cheapest way to kick start it is with dried beans and rice. Even with this radical inflation, they’re still relatively cheap. If you seal rice in a Mylar bag with some oxygen absorbers, it’ll last twenty years or more. Make sure you get white rice. While brown rice is more nutritious, it still contains the bran which has fat. The fat has proteins that’ll rot. You can only store brown rice for about a year. Most types of beans will last at least ten years if they are sealed in Mylar. Then, I would make sure you have a good water supply. ([Location 369](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=369)) - “I would put a hand pump on the well. Just use it once in a while to keep it primed. Also, get some rain catch barrels to catch the run-off from your roof’s gutters. It wouldn’t cost much to put gutters on the barn either. The barn roof has a large surface area. It won’t take much rain to fill up barrels from the barn roof. You also want to keep some stored drinking water for droughts or contamination of the water table. Start filling up your old juice and soda bottles with water when you empty them. You have plenty of storage space in the barn, so use it.” ([Location 376](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=376)) - “A generator makes a great yard ornament, but it won’t be good for anything else when we run out of fuel. I’d go with solar. You can start small and build on with solar. Keep in mind, the power going out is probably an extreme example and may not be likely, but you never know. ([Location 385](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=385)) - “Check out SurvivalBlog.com. It is loaded with tons of great information. ([Location 389](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=389)) - The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.   Thomas Jefferson ([Location 422](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=422)) - he headed straight for the canned meat section. He loaded up the cart with canned tuna, canned chicken, canned beef and canned turkey. When the cart was nearly full, he headed for the checkout. ([Location 509](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=509)) - He returned to the store with the cart and went straight to the rice and beans. He bought 5 twenty-pound bags of parboiled rice and 100 pounds of dried beans. He bought various sizes and varieties of beans. Black beans and red beans were the most abundant, so he bought more of those than the other varieties. ([Location 511](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=511)) - He filled the cart with several boxes of angel hair pasta and cans of sauce. These were items that took very little fuel to prepare. Angel hair cooks faster than any other pasta because it’s so thin. He bought several cans of canned pasta. This is something they would usually never eat, but if things get really bad, they could eat it right out of the can, and it’s very high in fat, carbs and calories. Normally, that’s not a positive attribute, but in a survival situation, it’s getting the most bang for your buck. ([Location 541](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=541)) - Matt grabbed five gallons of bleach in case they needed it to purify water. Eight drops purifies one gallon of clear water, and sixteen drops purifies one gallon of cloudy water. It won’t taste great, but it will be free of bacteria that can cause illnesses. ([Location 545](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=545)) - They filled them with toilet paper, rice, beans, canned meats, canned vegetables, powdered milk and other dry-good staples. ([Location 566](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=566)) - Be courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.   George Washington ([Location 679](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=679)) - Part of the prepper code was to maintain operational security or OPSEC, which entails keeping your mouth shut about what you have and how much of it. ([Location 749](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=749)) - “A .357 is a nice gun, but it only has six rounds. And it takes a while to reload. Glock makes a .45 that takes a thirteen-round magazine plus one in the pipe. Once the magazine is empty, it’s a matter of seconds, not minutes, to reload. Glock is a popular gun, making it easy to get extra magazines and parts for it. ([Location 756](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=756)) - The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.   Proverbs 22:3 ([Location 766](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=766)) - “Do you think it’s going to get that bad here?” Karen asked. “I don’t know. Do you put your seat belt on because you expect to get into an accident?” Matt inquired. “Good point,” ([Location 776](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=776)) - It’s a delicate balance between looking like a hard target and looking like you’re fortifying because you have something to protect. ([Location 781](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=781)) - .45 caliber Glock 21 ([Location 792](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=792)) - 9mm Glock 19. ([Location 792](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=792)) - Ruger LC9 ([Location 793](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=793)) - Kel-Tec .32 auto. ([Location 794](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=794)) - Mossberg 12 gauge ([Location 795](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=795)) - The en vogue thing to do on Capitol Hill is to try to label bills exactly the opposite of what they do.” ([Location 1174](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=1174)) - If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.   Samuel Adams ([Location 1683](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=1683)) - A pallet of $100 dollar bills is about $1 billion dollars. To make $1 trillion, you need a football field of pallets of $100 dollar bills, stacked two pallets high. You’re talking about 14 football fields of $100 bills on pallets stacked two high to pay out the entire $14 trillion. ([Location 3365](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=3365)) - Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.   Benjamin Franklin ([Location 3529](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KAJHEKU&location=3529))