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“In what has been aptly termed a “wilderness of mirrors,” a solid foundation of trust among colleagues had to exist.”
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“You never lie to or attempt to deceive a fellow officer in the service. Once you crossed this line, there was no going back.”
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“we must recruit men who are intelligent but appear stupid;”
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“as Heraclitus prophesied, “character determines fate.”
― Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
― Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
“In place of philosophy, which involves developing a system of belief based on questioning and reasoning, many of our modern leaders have embraced ideology, which is based on having a system of beliefs essentially stripped of the questions.”
― Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
― Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
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