The Washington Post's Dana Milbank described him as a man who "rose to national prominence because of his intellect but is now leaving government known more for his dyspepsia".
Mr. Kissinger obviously has a keen intellect and vast experience in national security matters.
After meeting Nixon on a flight from Washington to Chicago in 1966 and impressing him with his intellect, Mr. Ellsworth became the national political director of Nixon's 1968 campaign against Hubert Humphrey.
She's got everything to run: the intellect, the money, the people, the national campaign — and she has the best political spouse in the business.
"His thoughtful writing, distinctive voice and probing intellect all combined to make him one of our national treasures.
Professor Appleby said that Cardinal George "certainly has the intellect" and the support of Pope John Paul II to be a national leader.
Everyone respected Gardner's intellect and competence, but he was not yet a figure of national prominence.
He called him "a man of great intellect" who "continues to place this issue on the top of the national and continental agenda".
Training should be consistent across institutions, be multidisciplinary, and be independent of the race, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin or cultural identification of its participants, to promote a community of diverse intellects.
And he ceded the national debate on central issues to those same Republicans, mired in his belief that the force of his intellect could melt their obstructionism, that one eloquent speech could change his political fortunes.
