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. When you do have ideas, you have more consistency. And when you have the right ideas… — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
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.… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people. — George P. Shultz Copy Share
Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
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,… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way. — George P. Shultz Copy Share
We have struggled with terrorism for a long time. In the Reagan administration, I was a hawk on the subject. I said terrorism is… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
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… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
I think the idea that you would do everything you can to prevent what is coming at you by way of something very disruptive… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
The source of all the energy is the sun. The big challenge is, how do you use all of that energy? Solar power has… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
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… — George P. Shultz Copy Share
