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"You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence."
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"Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are."

"A man's mind must be continually expanding and shrinking between the whole human horizon and the horizon of an object-glass."

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

"Computation has finally demystified mentalistic terms. Beliefs are inscriptions in memory, desires are goal inscriptions, thinking is computation, perceptions are inscriptions triggered by sensors, trying is executing operations triggered by a goal."

"One of my friends compared me to Bruce Banner, due to my work with radiation and human health. So I looked up Bruce Banner and this is what I found: Banner, a physicist, is sarcastic and seemingly very self-assured when he first appears in Incredible Hulk #1, but is also emotionally withdrawn in most fashions...Banner is considered one of the greatest scientific minds on Earth, possessing "a mind so brilliant it cannot be measured on any known intelligence test." He holds expertise in biology, chemistry, engineering, physiology, and nuclear physics."

"Intelligence is a burden not many are willing or able to carry."

"There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea."

"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office."

"It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value."

"It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results."
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"One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience."

"When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics."

"Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world."

"The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world."

"The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems."

"But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges."

"I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully."
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