Civilization Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Intelligence is to provide the facts to us. The facts will usually take you to the truth. And then, when we get the truth,…

— Joe Manchin

“Intelligence must be used for the benefit, and not to the detriment, of society. Those who use intelligence for their own personal gain or…

— Veronica Roth

It's necessary to understand what real intelligence work is. It will never cease. It's absolutely essential that we have it. At its best, it…

— John le Carre

Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.

— Mike Rogers

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel…

— Gloria Naylor

People in charge of intelligence are political as well.

— Rick Santelli

I have always accepted intelligence was an honorable profession. We are all mindful of the need to comply with our moral values and the…

— James Clapper

“Here's the bottom line: The secret world of intelligence--at least in the United States of America--represents everything wrong with the government, the industrial era,…

— Robert David Steele

Americans have witnessed the costs of allowing politics to pervade intelligence.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I think it's important for the president of the United States to be aware of the intelligence information that we have.

— John McCain

By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work…

— George Tenet

That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I…

— Dick Cheney