William Colby - Quotes

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  • "We disbanded our intelligence and then found we needed it. Let's not go through that again. Redirect it, reduce the amount of money spent, but let's not destroy it. Because you don't know 10 years out what you're going to face."
  • "The more we know about each other the safer we all are." – Colby to Leonid Brezhnev

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