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Quote by George Bancroft
The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. – George Bancroft

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Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul. – George Bancroft

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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? – Peter Schuyler

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If little else, the brain is an educational toy. – Tom Robbins

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By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal. – George Tenet

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The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense. – Charles Foster Bass

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