American - Public | December 22, 1943 -
Poles understand perhaps better than anyone the consequences of making toothless warnings to brutal tyrants and terrorist regimes.
Paul Wolfowitz
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That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.
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It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities.
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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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I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.
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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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For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.
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The cost of the high-cost economy remains too high.
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Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one.
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I think it's a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It's why investors try to spread their portfolio round.
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The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.
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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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