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John O. Brennan quotes: Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.

Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.

John O. Brennan quotes: Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.

Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.

John O. Brennan quotes: I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations.

I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations.

John O. Brennan quotes: Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community.

Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community.

John O. Brennan quotes: The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take.

The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take.

John O. Brennan quotes: I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.

I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.

John O. Brennan quotes: Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.

Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.

John O. Brennan quotes: The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.

The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.

John O. Brennan quotes: Is real, it is serious, it is growing, and it constitutes one of the greatest threats to our national security and, indeed, to global security.

Is real, it is serious, it is growing, and it constitutes one of the greatest threats to our national security and, indeed, to global security.

John O. Brennan quotes: I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

John O. Brennan quotes: We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that.

We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that.

John O. Brennan quotes: Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

John O. Brennan quotes: Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

John O. Brennan quotes: President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

John O. Brennan quotes: We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law.

We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law.

John O. Brennan quotes: Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.

Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.

John O. Brennan quotes: How you define a problem shapes how you address it.

How you define a problem shapes how you address it.