Paul Wolfowitz Quotes

The free world should not wait for dictatorial regimes to consent to reform.

Our country is being bled daily in an effort to create a democracy in a place where it never existed.

Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.

If democracy succeeds in Egypt, other countries will follow. Should the democratic experiment in Egypt be hijacked by the military or anti-democratic Islamist groups, the revolution will fail elsewhere.

Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq.

The list of non-democratic regimes that have seen significant reforms since 2001 is long and significant.

I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way, it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas.

We're not going to spread democracy at the business end of a M16 held by a 23 year old Marine.

The United States must learn to rebuild states after overturning their regimes.

We cannot impose democracy where it has no constituency.

Advancing democracy does not always foster political stability.

Preemption, democracy promoting and nation building have all been sullied by association by association with the War in Iraq.

I never subscribed to what you might call the neo-Conservative position that somehow, at the barrel of a gun, overnight, liberty and democracy could be conjured up.

Iraq and Afghanistan are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace.

In general the 53 countries on the continent of Africa have made great progress towards freedom and democracy, and in terms of electing good, sound administrations.

The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were revolutions. When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism. Today it's a little bit more complicated.

We do not deny the possibility of peaceful [political] transition, but we are still awaiting the first case.

Children in a third world country. That's how we spread democracy.

A difficult regional situation doesn't justify one man's determination to hold onto power. It's clear to me that democratization is a very complicated process.

I think the Arab awakening has changed everything and I think a lot will depend on what people there ask of us, may be nothing, it may be a lot. I think that really depends how they find their voice and what they see as their real interest, and hopefully that would be for more schools and not more tanks.

Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.

As a matter of fact, it's in our interests that we help reformers across the Middle East achieve their objectives. This is the fundamental challenge of the 21st century.

President Bush said it's now time for a change in Iraq and he wants them to have a Western-style democracy like ours. So right now in Iraq, the economy is collapsing, businessmen are corrupt, and Hussein wants his son to take over as president. Sounds like mission accomplished.

The cornerstone of our policy in that part of the world is to help democracies. Lebanon's a democracy. We want the Siniora government to succeed.

I'm looking forward to the day when my country is saved - and the current winner becomes a loser.