George Schultz Quotes

No American President should ever take any option off the table.

If I could have anything right now, it would be the ability to continue as secretary of state.

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.

Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills.

I shall have to depend upon you for taking care of these matters of foreign affairs, of which I know so little, and with which I reckon you are familiar.

Running a country is much more difficult than running a campaign.

[Describing her role:] It's like running a big corporation and a little country at the same time.

Unilateralism in secret is sometimes necessary at the height of a crisis.

That's a large part of the job as governor: to create and maintain the optimal balance.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.

Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions; every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.

In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country.

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.

The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No Drama' rule in the White House, you risk keeping reality at bay. Presidencies are always about crisis management.

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to being in political leadership.

We don't want a president who fails at domestic and foreign policy.

There is no school that teaches you how to run a state. You make mistakes, but you learn on the job.

Condelesa Rice waves. She gets off airplanes and waves. She gets the 45 degree angle shot with a foreign dignatory and waves, but she doesn’t make deals. The whole world wants to make deals but she doesn’t make deals. She waves.

I’d be happy to take any of your questions and with the advantage of no longer being Secretary of State so that I can actually answer them.