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
I mean, were going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as Im alive. – 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
I cant predict the future. – Paul Wolfowitz
China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I dont believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly dont believe they do fear 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
I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away. – Paul Wolfowitz
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
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
