Radio address (11 April 1955); as quoted in The World's Great Speeches (1999) edited by Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, and Stephen J. McKenna
Dan Coats (1943) 5th and current Director of National Intelligence, former United States Senator from Indiana
President-Elect Donald J. Trump Nominates Former U.S. Senator Dan Coats Director of National Intelligence https://greatagain.gov/dni-e1ff90566dcb#.h2txkfboq (January 7, 2017)
Lydia Sigourney (1791–1865) American poet
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 324.
“The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.”
Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism
Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism
“The war has made us a nation of great power and intelligence.”
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) 18th President of the United States
1880s, Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)
Context: The war has made us a nation of great power and intelligence. We have but little to do to preserve peace, happiness and prosperity at home, and the respect of other nations. Our experience ought to teach us the necessity of the first; our power secures the latter.
“The universe is an intelligence test”
Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist
As quoted in Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati (1977) by Robert Anton Wilson, p. 170
“In matters of national security, the best politics is no politics.”
Henry M. Jackson (1912–1983) American politician
As quoted in [STATE OF THE UNION: REAGAN REPORTS TO THE NATION; PRESIDENT REAGAN'S SPEECH BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, February 5, 1986, New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5DA1331F936A35751C0A960948260&sec=health&pagewanted=3]
Eugene S. Wilson (1905)
Jack R, Maguire, "Editorial: The Case for the C-Average Student", The Alcalde, September 1961, p. 5 http://books.google.com/books?id=qdIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5 <br class="br">Attributed
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Source: 1950s, Unpopular Essays (1950)
en.wikiquote.org - Bertrand Russell / Quotes / 1950s / Unpopular Essays (1950)
“Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book The Beautiful and Damned
Source: The Beautiful and Damned
