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You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

~George P. Shultz

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If you ask me what am I, I might say 'I am a Californian,' and if George Bush were here, he would say 'I am a Texan.'

~George P. Shultz

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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.'

~George P. Shultz

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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.

~George P. Shultz

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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.

~George P. Shultz

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

~George P. Shultz

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

~George P. Shultz

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

~George P. Shultz

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We have struggled with terrorism for a long time. In the Reagan administration, I was a hawk on the subject. I said terrorism is a big problem, a different problem, and we have to take forceful action against it. Fortunately, Ronald Reagan agreed with me, but not many others did.

~George P. Shultz

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Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.

~George P. Shultz

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: December 13th, 1920

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