Famous Quotes

"You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services."

Gijs de Vries on Intelligence

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• "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

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• "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

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• "Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

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• "Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."

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• "We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."

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More quotes by Gijs de Vries

• "I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism."

• "In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities."

• "In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential."

• "Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact."

• "I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops."