I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins. — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
We have pursued public policies that kind of hold the recovery back, but the private economy is really starting to roll. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
I learned that you have to evaluate the effects of public policy as opposed to intentions. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
I probably got from my mom a passion for public policy and and civic involvement. — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
My mantra about everything that has to do with public policy is: identify and reject the false choice. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
There is a thought that poverty is a public policy failure; poverty is man-made by action and non-action: poverty can be eliminated. — Benjamin Mkapa Copy Share Image
A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote… — Charles Edison Copy Share Image
Locally lived hip-hop culture that is giving many of America's youth the tool they need to survive and thrive in America, in… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
It is the inevitable effect of religion on public policy that makes it a matter of public concern. Advocates of religiosity extol… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
I can't expect rappers to be politicized when Americans are not socially motivated enough to care about their own lives and public… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge of public policy is to know when and how the world has changed. We are no longer an empty… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States… — Robert Casey Copy Share Image
Let's say hypothetically, knowing what we know now about public policy, that we could close the education gap so that it was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few… — Nicholas von Hoffman Copy Share Image
Soon after a disaster passes, we tend to turn our eyes away and focus our resources on the day-to-day, rather than on… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
Technology and television didn't dictate one path or the other - it was civil society and public policy intervening in creating alternative… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Why does a woman carry a gun? Because, under our system, every citizen has the latitude to act in the absence of… — John Longenecker Copy Share Image
Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into… — Elinor Ostrom Copy Share Image
I was interested in the question of the power of religious organizations to effect public policy in a negative way. When I… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
The excuse of divided government is over: they have the House and the Senate as well; they have the state legislatures; they… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
“When there’s a vacuum of public input, lobbyists usually fill it. But when there’s public input, the people usually win.” — Morgan Carroll Copy Share Image
I think, Tom Friedman is right, and I think that we have to - we have to have a serious public dialogue… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I was definitely one of those kids who, for whatever reason, followed politics and public policy. — Annamie Paul Copy Share Image
I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
We have a responsibility as elected officials to do good public policy in the best interest of all the people. — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy. — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill. — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
Far too many people have been swept into the post-9/11 system of fear that is the basis of all public policy these… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising… — George C. Williams Copy Share Image
I just don't think pastors should turn their pulpits into public policy platforms. It cheapens the gospel. Our congregation doesn't need another… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
It's fashionable to speak about vulnerable populations in medicine and public policy, but it's harder to find a more vulnerable population than… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
To operate with the aspiration of color-blindness in a country whose central operating mechanism for centuries has been race belies the logic… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
The Tea Party is a group that rejects deep thinking, it rejects the very complex analysis that is involved in public policy,… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm very, very focused on not only creating world class schools at scale, but changing the public policy in this country that… — Eva Moskowitz Copy Share Image
