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> [Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-a-walters/americans-have-always-had-an-ambivalent-attitude-toward-intelligence/)

[Vernon A. Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-a-walters/)

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## More by Vernon A. Walters

> [I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-a-walters/i-don-t-think-we-should-tell-them-what-we-re-going-to-do-in-advance/)

[Vernon A. Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-a-walters/)

> [Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-a-walters/americans-have-always-had-an-ambivalent-attitude-toward-intelligence/)

[Vernon A. Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-a-walters/)

> [For over ten years, bombs rained down on every village and hamlet in South Vietnam, and no one budged. It took the coming of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-a-walters/for-over-ten-years-bombs-rained-down-on-every-village-and-hamlet-in/)

[Vernon A. Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-a-walters/)

> [I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-a-walters/i-d-describe-myself-as-a-pragmatist-tinged-with-idealism/)

[Vernon A. Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-a-walters/)

> [I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-a-walters/i-m-a-participant-in-the-doctrine-of-constructive-ambiguity/)

[Vernon A. Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-a-walters/)

> [The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-a-walters/the-united-nations-has-become-a-place-where-many-countries-seek-to/)

[Vernon A. Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-a-walters/)

> [It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-a-walters/it-is-an-endless-procession-of-surprises-the-expected-rarely-occurs/)

[Vernon A. Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-a-walters/)

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