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In The Past When Money Was Given From Government To Government, There Was No Accountability, Especially The World Bank Loans. Nobody Was Held Accountable For The Misuse Of World Bank Loans. That Is Why It Is Important To Channel Some Of The Money Through Civil Society Groups.

Running For Governor Of Texas Against A Very Popular Governor [incumbent Ann Richards] Was Deemed To Be Risky. Everybody Thought I Would Lose. As I Put In My Book, My Mother Said, "you're Going To Lose!"

I Told All Four [congressional Leaders] That There Are Going To Be Some Times Where We Don't Agree With Each Other, But That's Ok. If This Were A Dictatorship, It Would Be A Heck Of A Lot Easier, Just So Long As I'm The Dictator.

On 9-11, We Discovered That We Cannot Escape From The World. To Me Personally, This Was A Life-changing Experience, And I Realized, As Did All Americans, In A Way That Is Impossible To Describe, That We Were Not Protected By The Two Oceans. It Was Necessary To Eliminate Threats Before They Showed Up On Our Doorstep. I Agree That We Should Not Be Getting Caught Up In Far Away Wars. But I Believe Iraq Was Central To Our War On Terrorism.

Remember The Three Princes Of Serendip Who Went Out Looking For Treasure? They Didn't Find What They Were Looking For, But They Kept Finding Things Just As Valuable. That's Serendipity, And Our Business [drugs] Is Full Of It.