Author: David Ignatius

Quotes

Sometimes good countries are so traumatized by events that they lose their bearings and embrace bad leaders.

Sometimes good countries are so traumatized by events that they lose their bearings and embrace bad leaders.

- David Ignatius

Sometimes James Bond movies drive me crazy. They're fun to watch, but they don't have anything to do at all with what intelligence officers really do.

Sometimes James Bond movies drive me crazy. They're fun to watch, but they don't have anything to do at all with what intelligence officers really do.

- David Ignatius

Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.

Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.

- David Ignatius

During an economic crisis, what matters is that the government keeps its foot on the accelerator.

During an economic crisis, what matters is that the government keeps its foot on the accelerator.

- David Ignatius

The world has changed, the CIA is having to change, and again, the challenge for someone like me as a spy novelist is to write realistically about where they're actually going.

The world has changed, the CIA is having to change, and again, the challenge for someone like me as a spy novelist is to write realistically about where they're actually going.

- David Ignatius

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