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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. – John Calvin

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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. – John Calvin

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God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us – as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray. – John Calvin

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Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? – John Calvin

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The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it. – Terry Pratchett

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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. – Oscar Wilde

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Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear? – Andrew Greeley

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I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future. – David Kay

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