Poirot>> but not the wisdom to moderate our activities.<<
The two key words in my sentence that you quoted were "wisdom" and "moderate".
How do you get from that to:

"Pol Pot said:<<

P in context your post reads:
"we have the intelligence to glean the havoc we are wreaking”
“but not the wisdom to moderate our activities”

So I used Pol Pot, the 20th century's most successful regression devotee and moderator of our activities........what’s wrong with that?......

Thanks OTB........