Top 26 Quotes by George P. Shultz

You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

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.

I think the idea that you would do everything you can to prevent what is coming at you by way of something very disruptive - a 9/11 - it's a no-brainer.

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.

I want my grandchildren to be proud of me. That's the main thing.

The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.

Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.

Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people.

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

If you ask me what am I, I might say 'I am a Californian,' and if George Bush were here, he would say 'I am a Texan.'