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01Undated

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 / quote

02Undated

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 / quote

03Undated

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

Paul Wolfowitz / quote