Approach Quote by Jeff Sessions

I would say that foreign policy is a place where intelligence, resolve, clarity, and confidence in cause, is of extraordinary importance.

— Mitt Romney

By 'intelligence' we mean every sort of information about the enemy and his country - the basis, in short, of our own plans and…

— Carl von Clausewitz

One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness in democracy.

— Stefan Halper

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

Even in non-democratic countries, people have a legitimate interest in knowing about actions taken by the government.

— Peter Singer

Democracy makes many taxing demands on its practitioners, but suspension of the intelligence is not one of them.

— Margaret Halsey

What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than…

— Elliott Abrams

It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.

— Kay Granger

You want to keep intelligence separate from policy.

— Bobby Ray Inman

People in charge of intelligence are political as well.

— Rick Santelli

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

Democracy means decision by those concerned.

— Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker