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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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All intelligent thoughts have already been thought what is necessary is only to try to think them again. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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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 emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain. – Daniel Goleman

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Action is the real measure of intelligence. – Napoleon Hill

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