List of George P. Shultz Quotes

A Strong Foundation Exists For Immediate Military Action Against Saddam Hussein And For A Multilateral Effort To Rebuild Iraq After He Is Gone.

It Was An Attempt To Stick The Congress's Finger In King Hussein's Eye.

I Think The Idea That You Would Do Everything You Can To Prevent What Is Coming At You By Way Of Something Very Disruptive - A 9/11 - It's A No-brainer.

There Is No Prospect That The United States Will Say To Israel, 'you Do Such And Such And We'll Not Support You In Your Security.

If Somebody Had Made That [deal] To Me When I Was A Businessman, I Would Have Said He Proposed To Give Me The Sleeves From His Vest.

Increasingly, The State System Has Been Eroding. Terrorists Have Exploited This Weakness By Burrowing Into The State System In Order To Attack It.

I Don't Know How You Define 'neoconservatism,' But I Think It's Associated With Trying To Spread Open Political Systems And Democracy.

The Higher The Classification Of Secrecy, The Quicker You Will Report It.

My Experience Is That If The Military Didn't Want To Use Force And Was Confronted With A President That Did, The Military Would Come Back With What I Would Call The 'bomb Moscow' Scenario. They Would Say It Had To Be Done With Conditions That Were So Extreme, You Obviously Wouldn't Do It.

Between 1980 And 1990, The Number Of Countries That Were Classified As 'free' Or 'mostly Free' Increased By About 50%.

The Civilized World Has A Common Stake In Defeating The Terrorists.

Oh, You Know. I Am Secretary Of State. My Trips Aren't Successful. I Just Talk To People.