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George P. Shultz Quotes
George P. Shultz
American
Public Servant
Born:
Dec 13
,
1920
About
Long Time
Me
People
Think
You
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I want my grandchildren to be proud of me. That's the main thing.
George P. Shultz
Me
Main
Main Thing
Proud
Want
Grandchildren
Thing
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
You
Experience
Military
President
Back
Extreme
Say
Would
Scenario
Had
Moscow
Come
Obviously
Force
Call
Were
Conditions
Did
Done
Want
Confronted
Use
Bomb
The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.
George P. Shultz
You
Will
Secrecy
Classification
Higher
Quicker
Report
You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.
George P. Shultz
You
Somewhere
Bit
Dream
Got
Get
Going
Little
Little Bit
Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.
George P. Shultz
You
People
State
Secretary
Trips
Know
Talk
Am
Oh
Just
Successful
It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye.
George P. Shultz
King
Congress
Eye
Hussein
Finger
Attempt
Stick
Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me. And so that's the atmosphere in which you administer.
George P. Shultz
Never Give Up
Me
You
People
Debate
Nothing
Society
Settled
Administer
Atmosphere
Give
Never
Town
Debating
Up
Gets
Stops
Which
Including
Ever
World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.
George P. Shultz
Great
People
World
Country
Important
Our
Alive
Stay
Throughout
Part
Developments
Underscore
Affairs
Engaged
Organizations
Help
World Affairs
Keep
Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people.
George P. Shultz
People
Rich
Obama
Seems
Something
Want
Rich People
Damage
You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.
George P. Shultz
You
Rates
Through
Revenue
Expansion
Get
Tax
Tax Rates
Raising
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
Me
You
Say
Would
He
Am
George
Were
George Bush
Texan
Bush
Might
Ask
Here
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
You
Think
Everything
Way
Would
Something
Prevent
No-Brainer
Idea
Coming
Very
Disruptive
Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%.
George P. Shultz
Free
Increased
About
Classified
Between
Countries
Mostly
Were
Number
Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.
George P. Shultz
Work
Good
Better
Political
Systems
Good Reason
Economic
Open
Been
Gaining
Ground
Reason
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
Time
Me
Terrorism
Problem
Long
Long Time
Big
Action
Others
Administration
Struggled
Hawk
Take
Forceful
Said
Reagan
Subject
Did
Big Problem
Different
Against
Ronald Reagan
Fortunately
Many
Agreed
The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.
George P. Shultz
World
Civilized
Civilized World
Terrorists
Common
Stake
Defeating
The armed forces are paying a lot more attention to the use of energy. The Air Force has realized that the paint on planes is heavy, so there are going to be a lot more silver planes, or planes painted in a less heavy way, so that you are using less fuel to get from point A to point B.
George P. Shultz
You
Air Force
Energy
Air
Way
Silver
More
Point
Attention
Armed
Armed Forces
Force
Forces
Lot
Get
Going
Heavy
Fuel
Planes
Realized
Use
Paying
Less
Paint
Painted
Using
What we want is scientists who don't become part of the policy discussion: All they do is produce science. If someone becomes an advocate, then I won't pay as much attention to their science.
George P. Shultz
Science
Become
Pay
Someone
Part
Attention
Policy
Advocate
Becomes
Scientists
Discussion
Want
Produce
Then
Much
Much Attention
Who
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