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> [You deserve better from your entire government, all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/you-deserve-better-from-your-entire-government-all-of-us/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

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> [I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I said, you deserve better from your entire government. All of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/i-still-lie-awake-at-night-thinking-about-everything-that-could-have/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

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## Other authors on Deserve better

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## More by George Tenet

> [You deserve better from your entire government, all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/you-deserve-better-from-your-entire-government-all-of-us/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/you-know-at-the-end-of-the-day-the-only-thing-you-have-is-trust-and/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [One mushroom cloud would change history. My deepest fear is that this is exactly what they Al Qaeda intend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/one-mushroom-cloud-would-change-history-my-deepest-fear-is-that-this/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [Never break faith with the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/never-break-faith-with-the-truth/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/as-a-nation-we-have-over-the-past-seven-years-been-rebuilding-our/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/iraq-has-also-had-contacts-with-al-qaida-their-ties-may-be-limited-by/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/i-still-lie-awake-at-night-thinking-about-everything-that-could-have/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/we-could-never-verify-that-there-was-any-iraqi-authority-direction/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/here-s-the-teaching-point-if-you-re-teaching-kids-about-intelligence/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [I'm Greek, and we're conspiratorial by nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/i-m-greek-and-we-re-conspiratorial-by-nature/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/when-i-came-to-the-cia-in-the-mid-90s-our-graduating-class-of-case/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/the-only-people-that-ever-stand-up-and-tell-the-truth-are-who/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [It's a slam-dunk case!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/it-s-a-slam-dunk-case/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/by-definition-intelligence-deals-with-the-unclear-the-unknown-the/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

> [Foreign nations have begun to include information warfare in their war college curricula with respect to both defensive and offensive applications.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tenet/foreign-nations-have-begun-to-include-information-warfare-in-their/)

[George Tenet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tenet/)

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