I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.
George P. Shultz

It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye.
George P. Shultz

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.
George P. Shultz

Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.
George P. Shultz

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

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