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Paul Wolfowitz
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"I mean, we’re going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I’m alive."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
War
"We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, ‘impose democracy.’ We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
War
"That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
War
"If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
Success
"One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
Science
"I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
Science
"History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
History
"Someone once said that history has more imagination than all the scenario writers in the Pentagon, and we have a lot of scenario writers here. No one ever wrote a scenario for commercial airliners crashing into the World Trade Center."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
Imagination
"It’s wonderful that so many people want to contribute to fighting aids or malaria. But, if somebody isn’t paying attention to the overall health system in the country, a whole lot of money can be wasted."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
Health
"I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government."
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Paul Wolfowitz
Topic(s):
Government
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