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
That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views. – Paul Wolfowitz
Its wonderful that so many people want to contribute to fighting aids or malaria. But, if somebody isnt paying attention to the overall health system in the country, a whole lot of money can be wasted. – Paul Wolfowitz
Someone once said that history has more imagination than all the scenario writers in the Pentagon, and we have a lot of scenario writers here. No one ever wrote a scenario for commercial airliners crashing into the World Trade Center. – Paul Wolfowitz