Quote by Michael Polanyi
Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and

Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence. – Michael Polanyi

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I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell. – Michael Polanyi

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communication
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The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith. – Michael Polanyi

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Faith
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I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head. – Rafik Hariri

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Immaturity is the incapacity to use ones intelligence without the guidance of another. – Immanuel Kant

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You want to keep intelligence separate from policy. – Bobby Ray Inman

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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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