George P. Shultz Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.”

“You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.”

“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.”

“The 1986 tax act is sort of the unsung hero of the very good economic times we had for a long time. Of course, politics gums it all up again and preferences get put in.”

“The source of all the energy is the sun. The big challenge is, how do you use all of that energy? Solar power has to fascinate you. There have been strides to get the costs down, and if this will work, you have to get costs down so it is competitive with fossil fuels.”

“Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%.”

“I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.”

“Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it.”

“Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.”

“Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.”