11 Dennis C. Blair Quotes for You to Enjoy

Dennis C. Blair

American Public Servant

Born: Feb 4, 1947

Intelligence People Think War World You

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The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're all inspirational religious leaders and smart tacticians. It would be nice to find the Muslim Gandhi, wouldn't it? Dennis C. Blair

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High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country. Dennis C. Blair

Organization Value Country Understanding Those High Attacking Came Were Methods Provided Information Which Used Al Deeper

I find when you talk with the Chinese on most subjects, they are very practical. Dennis C. Blair

You Find Most Talk Practical Subjects Very Chinese

As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see China as an inevitable enemy that must be contained; on the other hand, there are those who see China as a slowly developing democracy that can be embraced. Dennis C. Blair

Democracy Enemy Complicated Inevitable Other Extreme Those Must Embraced See Some Slowly Superficial Case Developing Contained Hand Often China Views Who Appeal Things

I know it sounds Pollyannish and 'Kumbaya'-like, but I find that the more that you expose Americans to the diversity of what's going on in China and vice versa, the more people find that there is this broad middle path. And so I'm a strong advocate of intense visits and dialogue back and forth. Dennis C. Blair

You People Strong Path Diversity Vice Versa Back Broad Visits Find More More People Know Advocate Dialogue Sounds Versa American Intense Going Middle Vice China Forth Expose

The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns out to be quick, effective, controlled and short lived. Dennis C. Blair

Military Difficult Consequences Out Rarely Volatile Countries Major Force Effective Quick Controlled Short Short-Lived Regions Turns Use Unintended Unintended Consequences Military Force Lived Large-Scale Right

I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and are willing to take a stand against some of the more extreme ideologies that there are around the world. Dennis C. Blair

World Think Extreme Sections Systems Willing Some More Economic Take Open Ideologies Around Governments American Politically Representative Against American Interests Interests Stand Served

Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing is more critical to accurate and relevant intelligence than independent analysis. Dennis C. Blair

Good Intelligence Important National Nothing Analysis Independent Relevant Critical Security More Policy Making Conduct Timely Than Accurate National Security

In addition to anti-American terrorists with global reach, our adversaries include organizations - some nation states, some private and some criminal - that proliferate weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. Dennis C. Blair

Destruction Nation Addition Criminal Our States Proliferate Weapons Some Deliver Mass Mass Destruction Adversaries Global Reach Terrorists Private Anti-American Them Means Organizations Include

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