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" History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible. "

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" Poles understand perhaps better than anyone the consequences of making toothless warnings to brutal tyrants and terrorist regimes. "

" The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable. "

" That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views. "

" The cost of the high-cost economy remains too high. "

" Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one. "

" The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests. "

" The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring. "

" I can't predict the future. "

" Democracy is a process. "

" I think that all countries that participate in multilateral institutions see the institutions as a way of advancing what they view as their national interests and they see in many cases multi-lateral institution as the best way to do that. "

" I think one has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states who sponsor terrorism. And that's why it has to be a broad and sustained campaign. "

" Part of what is wrong with the view of American imperialism is that it is antithetical to our interests. We are better off when people are governing themselves. I'm sure there is some guy that will tell you that philosophy is no different from the Roman Empire's. Well, it is fundamentally different. "

" The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them. "

" 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. "

" China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I don't believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly don't believe they do fear the United States. "

" You can't be involved in healthcare without being involved in the battle against AIDS. "

" I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government. "

" For one thing I tend not to see myself in various moulds that people fit me into. "

" Jobs are a priority for every country. Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth. "

" 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. "

" I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive. "

" Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities. "

" The absence of Saddam is a huge weight off the Arab world. "

" I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards. "

" No one argues that we should have imposed a dictatorship in Afghanistan having liberated the country. Similarly, we weren't about to impose a dictatorship in Iraq having liberated the country. "

" 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. "

" Generally speaking, the stronger the connection between the financing and the ultimate beneficiary, the better the result. "

" It is kind of nice to have a common purpose. "

" I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not. "