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> [Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/increasingly-the-state-system-has-been-eroding-terrorists-have/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

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## More by George P. Shultz

> [Ideas matter a lot, the underlying ideas that stand behind policies. When you don't have ideas, your policies are flip-flopping all over the place.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/ideas-matter-a-lot-the-underlying-ideas-that-stand-behind-policies/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [If they are too big to fail, make them smaller.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/if-they-are-too-big-to-fail-make-them-smaller/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/i-don-t-know-how-you-define-neoconservatism-but-i-think-it-s/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/oh-you-know-i-am-secretary-of-state-my-trips-aren-t-successful-i-just/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [I like the life of ideas and applying ideas to action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/i-like-the-life-of-ideas-and-applying-ideas-to-action/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/nothing-ever-gets-settled-in-this-town-a-seething-debating-society-in/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/what-we-want-is-scientists-who-don-t-become-part-of-the-policy/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/before-you-get-mugged-by-reality-take-out-an-insurance-policy-it-s/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [We have struggled with terrorism for a long time. In the Reagan administration, I was a hawk on the subject. I said terrorism is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/we-have-struggled-with-terrorism-for-a-long-time-in-the-reagan/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/the-civilized-world-has-a-common-stake-in-defeating-the-terrorists/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [Nothing ever gets settled in this town (Washington). It's not like running a company or even a university. It's a seething debating society, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/nothing-ever-gets-settled-in-this-town-washington-it-s-not-like/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [I think the idea that you would do everything you can to prevent what is coming at you by way of something very disruptive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/i-think-the-idea-that-you-would-do-everything-you-can-to-prevent-what/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [The source of all the energy is the sun. The big challenge is, how do you use all of that energy? Solar power has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/the-source-of-all-the-energy-is-the-sun-the-big-challenge-is-how-do/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [ If somebody had made that \[deal\] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/if-somebody-had-made-that-deal-to-me-when-i-was-a-businessman-i-would/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-shultz/my-experience-is-that-if-the-military-didn-t-want-to-use-force-and/)

[George P. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-shultz/)

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