American - Public | December 13, 1920 -
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
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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.
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Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people.
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You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.
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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.'
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There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.'
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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.
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I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.
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Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%.
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Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.
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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.
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Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.
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