Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote
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. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote
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. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote
The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote
The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote
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. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote
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. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote
