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Intelligence Quotes by George Tenet
- To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days.
- As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need…
- By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to…
- 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 it…
- The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth.…
- 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 training…
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- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
- She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths… — Sri Aurobindo
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
- People are smarter than you might think. — John Astin
- As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence… — Kelly Ayotte