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. — 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 Image
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 Image
Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people. — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way. — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
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 Image
The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists. — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
