Quotes By Paul Wolfowitz

Democracy is a process.

The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests.

The absence of Saddam is a huge weight off the Arab world.

Before September 11, terrorism was viewed as something ugly but you lived with it.

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.

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

The cost of the high-cost economy remains too high.

It's wonderful that so many people want to contribute to fighting aids or malaria. But, if somebody isn't paying attention to the overall health system in the country, a whole lot of money can be wasted.

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, ending states who sponsor terrorism. And that's why it has to be a broad and sustained campaign.

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.

The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.

If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well.

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.

It is kind of nice to have a common purpose.

It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

I'm constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me.