206 Quotes by Paul Wolfowitz

The more Iraqis feel that they are in charge of their own country, the more rapidly we'll get away from this idea that we're there as an occupation force. We came as liberators. That's our mission.

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.

The momentum we now have must be maintained heading into the WTO negotiations in Hong Kong,

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

As large as these costs are, they are still small compared to just the economic price that the attacks of September 11th inflicted, to say nothing of the terrible loss of human life, ... And even those costs are small in comparison to what future, more terrible terrorist attacks could inflict.

As impressive as that election was, Iraq still faces a difficult road ahead,

You cant win if youre chasing the wrong problem.

The mission of the World Bank is to reduce poverty and to promote economic development and that's really what I want to stress,

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