Intelligence Quote by David Ignatius

There is a huge difference between gathering intelligence in foreign countries, even our allies, and secretly getting information on U.S. citizens.

— Bob Beckel

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…

— Vernon A. Walters

I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.

— Elizabeth Hurley

You cannot gauge the intelligence of an American by talking with him; you must work with him. The American polishes and refines his way…

— Eric Hoffer

As a journalist, I try to avoid talking to American diplomats, because I am stunned again and again by just how little grasp they…

— Scott Anderson

Across all U.S. intelligence agencies, there is a lack of cultural respect and a poorly tuned attitude toward foreign peoples and cultures.

— Malcolm Nance

Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies.

— David Ignatius

Europeans hate the way Americans talk. They think we're loud and uncouth and they don't like our jokes, except for Michael Moore. Plus, they…

— Denis Boyles

They [ French] still have an open border in Europe. And they have a Europe which doesn't have an integrated intelligence system like we…

— Michael Leiter

“Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it can hide…

— Roberto Bolaño

You cannot gage the intelligence of an American by talking with him.

— Eric Hoffer

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

— Michel Houellebecq