Acronyms Quote by Milton Friedman

“We need to contact NSA, CIA, anybody using initials... and the President!”

— J.C. Allen

I'm not part of any organization that has initials.

— Noah

Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

I would like there to be an entity, a person with some authority, to interact with government, with officials, to advocate on behalf of…

— Andrew Scheer

I wrote a letter to the CIA on my manual college typewriter. I mailed it to CIA with my resume. I didn't have an…

— Gina Haspel

I wish to give officials greater discretion. The State's authority will be increased thereby. I wish to transform the non-political criminal police into a…

— Adolf Hitler

“If I had been in charge of reorganizing the government’s security agencies into a homeland defense organization, I would have divided the responsibilities into…

— George Carlin

I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.

— Paul Ryan

If you've got a brand new administration coming into office you want to have, at the very least, a national security team in place…

— Mitch McConnell

We need a strong and effective State Department. We can't conduct American affairs in the world without it.

— John Bolton

If I was a CIA front company, what would I want to be able to do? Well, I would want to be able to…

— Trevor Paglen

You have multiple intelligence agencies. They all ultimately report to the director of national intelligence but, you know, it never comes in neat packages.…

— Raymond Kelly