#intelligence

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation. ↗

— James Allen

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There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its existence, that people can get promotions for, because it could result in results. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

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The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

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Wit is educated insolence. ↗

— Aristotle

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Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. ↗

— Julian Assange

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God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things. ↗

— David Bailey

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I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests. ↗

— King Abdullah II

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If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? ↗

— Scott Adams

#ask #get #just #kind #people