Quote by Andrew Greeley
Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately l

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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It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They werent going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed. – Andrew Greeley

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I have terrible handwriting. I now say its a learning disability… but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. – Andrew Greeley

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The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset. – John Scarlett

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Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – Albert Einstein

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