51 Quotes by George P. Shultz

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

The minute you start talking about what you’re going to do if you lose, you have lost.

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.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me. And so that's the atmosphere in which you administer.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

The source of all the energy is the sun. The big challenge is, how do you use all of that energy? Solar power has to fascinate you. There have been strides to get the costs down, and if this will work, you have to get costs down so it is competitive with fossil fuels.

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.