George P. Shultz

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

Strong growth means increased use of energy at a pace that can strain the capacity to supply what is needed at a reasonable price.

Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me. And so that's the atmosphere in which you administer.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.