“Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly.”– Diogenes Related Quotes “Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.”– Michael Polanyi “By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.”– George Tenet “I now bid farewell to the country of my birth – of my passions – of my death a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies – whose factions I sought to quell – whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim – whose freedom has been my fatal dream.”– Thomas Francis Meagher