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Paul Wolfowitz Biography

Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and former dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships, and chairman of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council.

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

Corruption, Light, Slowed, Sometimes

Islamic State is mainly a direct result of the failure in Syria. That's where IS has grown. That's where IS spread from.

Grown, Islamic, Results, State, States, Syria

Saddam Hussein had nerve gas and used it against his own people, he had used chemical weapons against the Iranians and he almost had a nuclear bomb in 1981 and in 1991. And he had been caught with anthrax in 1995 by the UN inspections after denying that he had it.

1995, Gas, Iranians, Nerves, Nuclear, People

If a cat sits on a hot stove once, it will never sit on a cold one either.

Cat, Cold, Hot, Sit, Sits

I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying American flags in Benghazi or painting 'Facebook' on their foreheads in Cairo. The idea of freedom. . . is absolutely contradictory to what bin Laden stood for, which was. . . taking Muslims back to some medieval theocracy and encouraging people to die not for freedom but to go to paradise and to kill innocent people along the way. The contrast is really striking.

Holding, Ideas, Kill, People, Pictures, Way

The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U. S. government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on, which was weapons of mass destruction, as the core reason.

Bureaucracy, Issue, Issues, Mass, Stupid, Wmd

Donald Trump seems to be unconcerned about the Russian aggression in Ukraine. By doing this he tells them that they can go ahead and do what they are doing. That is dangerous.

Ahead, Dangerous, Donald, Trump, Ukraine

Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict.

Conflict, Ethnic, Ethnic Conflict, Iraq

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

Equal, Giving, Opportunity, Private, Risk

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable.

American, Impressive, Keep, People, Thinking

It would be a huge mistake to abandon democracy promotion. Peaceful political change has been enormously successful in the past years in Eastern European countries as well as in countries like South Korea, South Africa, Chile and Indonesia. However, if possible, the use of force is something to avoid except in cases where genocide is threatened, like Bosnia or Libya or with regimes that threaten our security, like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.

Country, Democracy, Mistake, Political, Security, Successful

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.

Democracy, Iraq, Places, Saw, United, War

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

Dictator, Dictators, Life, Mets, Personal, Quite

I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.

Government, Participatory, Powerful, Pull, Thinking

You cant win if youre chasing the wrong problem.

Chasing, Problem, Win, Winning

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. . .

Thinking, Support Systems, People, Think, Sanctuaries, Accountable

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

History, Impossible, Littered, Problem, Supposed To Be

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.

Different, People, Use

I wish there were somebody I could be comfortable voting for. I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton, even though I have big reservations about her.

Clinton, Hillary, Might, Voting, Wish

Look, I think the notion that theres a dogma or doctrine of foreign policy that gives you a textbook recipe for how to react to all situations is really nonsense.

Doctrine, Giving, Situations, Textbook, Thinking

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