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

Paul Wolfowitz

American

Think

Security

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

" 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. "

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

" I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away. "

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

" You can't win if you're chasing the wrong problem. "

" For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all. "

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

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

Paul Wolfowitz

Come

Asking

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I certainly don't like a label that suggests I believe that the military is the solution to most of the world's problems. "

Paul Wolfowitz

Problems

Believe

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Democracy is a process. "

Paul Wolfowitz

Democracy

Process

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

Paul Wolfowitz

Dictators

Life

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

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

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

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

Paul Wolfowitz

Thinking

Science

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

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

" 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. "

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