George P. Shultz Professions : Former United States Secretary of State Born : December 13, 1920 Browse All Authors Top 34 quotes by George P. Shultz The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. George P. Shultz volleyball softball sports He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides. George P. Shultz inspirational commitment travel I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that. George P. Shultz political government worry I like the life of ideas and applying ideas to action. George P. Shultz action ideas Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. George P. Shultz negotiation shadow tables You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere. George P. Shultz bits dream littles 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 organization country people 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 - then you can get somewhere (reagan had the right ideas). George P. Shultz consistency matter ideas 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 back with what I would call the 'bomb Moscow' scenario. They would say it had to be done with conditions that were so extreme, you obviously wouldn't do it. George P. Shultz military president use Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people. George P. Shultz states successful people 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. George P. Shultz enforcement delay law 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 democracy political thinking 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. George P. Shultz hawks different long 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 which the debate never stops; in which people never give up, including me, and that's the atmosphere in which you administer. George P. Shultz giving-up running people If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest. George P. Shultz vests made giving Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way. George P. Shultz policy reality way If they are too big to fail, make them smaller. George P. Shultz failing politics political Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it. George P. Shultz weakness states order 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. George P. Shultz support-you united-states israel Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people. George P. Shultz damage want people Similar Authors Alexander Haig former-united-states-secretary-of-state Dean Acheson former-united-states-secretary-of-state Dean Rusk former-united-states-secretary-of-state Hillary Clinton former-united-states-secretary-of-state Condoleezza Rice former-united-states-secretary-of-state Cordell Hull former-united-states-secretary-of-state All Authors
