51 Quotes by George P. Shultz

My experience is that if the military didn’t want to use force and was confronted with a president that did, the military would come back with what I would call the ‘bomb Moscow’ scenario. They would say it had to be done with conditions that were so extreme, you obviously wouldn’t do it.

Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as ‘free’ or ‘mostly free’ increased by about 50%.

Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It’s the Reagan way.

Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there’s a good reason for it. They work better.

He who walks in the middle of the roads gets hit from both sides.

There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.'