A Quote by Groucho Marx

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Groucho Marx

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Intelligence Contradiction Military Military Intelligence Terms

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Groucho Marx
American - Comedian
October 2, 1890 - August 19, 1977

If you look up 'Intelligence' in the new volumes of the Encyclopeadia Britannica, you'll find it classified under the following three heads: Intelligence, Human; Intelligence, Animal; Intelligence, Military. My stepfather's a perfect specimen of Intelligence, Military.

Aldous Huxley

There are three types of intelligence. The intelligence of man, the intelligence of animals and the intelligence of the military. In that order.

Gottfried Reinhardt

The president doesn't order the military to seize political opponents. He doesn't order his intelligence community to lie about national security for political purposes. He uses the military or intelligence communities to protect the United States and our citizens, not to help him win elections.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' - this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars.

Ozzy Osbourne

We've evolved a lot since 9/11 also, in terms of our law enforcement capabilities, our intelligence capabilities, military, counterterrorism.

Barack Obama

The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world.

Pete Hoekstra

I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence.

Oded Fehr

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

Jim Davis

An Italian university is a contradiction in terms.

Indro Montanelli

A non-serving Christian is a contradiction in terms.

Rick Warren

Holy War is a contradiction of terms.

Elie Wiesel

Consumer culture is contradiction in terms

Tibor Kalman

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency office there.