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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Before September 11, terrorism was viewed as something ugly but you lived with it. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I'm not sure the oil producers are enjoying real growth. That troubles me. For experience has shown that oil can be more of a curse than a blessing. And not only in Africa. "

" I'm constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Democracy is a process. "

" Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force. "

" We don't start a job that we can't finish... that's the American way. "

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

" 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've met quite a few dictators up close and personal in my life. "

" It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities. "

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

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

" Look, I think the notion that there's a dogma or doctrine of foreign policy that gives you a textbook recipe for how to react to all situations is really nonsense. "

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

" One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war. "

" 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. "

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

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

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