Knowledge the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action the senses the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

But when I would see the surrogate my first instinct my first reaction would be jealousy because she was doing what I wanted to do.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise provided it smacks of jealousy.

I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people.

Here's the teaching point if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

According to Richard Clarke the former White House counterterrorism chief Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts.

Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq.

Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6 2001 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9 his first prime-time address to the nation.

Louis Freeh said on national TV that actionable intelligence could have allowed us to stop the hijackings.