"It is inconceivable that a secret arm of the government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government."

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Source : "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA". Book by Tim Weiner (p. 390), 2008.

James Jesus Angleton

#Government Quotes #Order Quotes #Secret Quotes

“Globalisation can provide the route for the development of a sustainable and prosperous planetary society in the next generation, provided that globalisation itself becomes more civilised than it is right now.”
“The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.”
“I think still that someone wiser than I might well have remained happy till his death.”
“This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.”
“If you wanna maintain 20 percent of the world's income with 4 percent of the world's people, you gotta first of all have more shared prosperity and shared growth.”
“Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.”

Source : "The greatest pitcher of all time?" by David Schoenfield, www.espn.com. March 7, 2014.
“I believe that one of the most sound ideas in dramatic writing is that in order to create the universal, you must pay very great attention to the specific. Universality, I think, emerges from truthful identity of what is.”
“We shouldn't pray for a lighter load to carry but a stronger back to endure! Then the world will see that God is with us, empowering us to live in a way that reflects his love and power.”

Source : Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway (2002). “The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun”, p.229, Monarch Books

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