Bobby Ray Inman Quotes

• A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

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• There is a very real and critical danger that unrestrained public discussion of cryptologic matters will seriously damage the ability of this government to conduct signals intelligence and the ability of this government to carry out its mission of protecting national security information from hostile exploitation.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Real, Government, Information

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• As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Warning, World, Firsts

  "Listen to the Admiral". Interview with Ann Louise Bardach, www.slate.com. December 16, 2004.

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• Iraq is not about oil.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Oil, Iraq

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• Myself, I don't think you will ever get security in the Mideast until you have what on the surface appears to be fair to both sides. You have to have leaders committed to peace, on both sides. One side can't impose a solution.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Thinking, Leader, Sides

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• If the intelligence we send forward support the views that the administration has, it is welcome and we are told what a great job it is. And if the intelligence that gos forward don't support the views of the policymakers, it is instantly condemned.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Jobs, Views, Support

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• Society has recognized over time that certain kinds of scientific inquiry can endanger society as a whole and has applied either directly, or through scientific/ethical constraints, restrictions on the kind and amount of research that can be done in those areas.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Inquiry, Done, Research

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• You want to keep intelligence separate from policy.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Want, Policy

  "Listen to the Admiral". Interview with Ann Louise Bardach, www.slate.com. December 16, 2004.

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• And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end.

  Bobby Ray Inman

  Soldier, Lasts, Moments

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