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" The cost of the high-cost economy remains too high. "
Paul Wolfowitz
Too
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" Before September 11, terrorism was viewed as something ugly but you lived with it. "
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" I certainly don't like a label that suggests I believe that the military is the solution to most of the world's problems. "
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" Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force. "
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" 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. "
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" It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities. "
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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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" Generally speaking, the stronger the connection between the financing and the ultimate beneficiary, the better the result. "
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" History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible. "
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" 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. "
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Powerful
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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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Key
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" Democracy is a process. "
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Process
" You can't be involved in healthcare without being involved in the battle against AIDS. "
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AIDS
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" I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive. "
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Alive
" 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. "
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" Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities. "
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" For one thing I tend not to see myself in various moulds that people fit me into. "
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One Thing
Fit
" 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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Country
People
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" 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. "
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