“Many of these policies were proposed by wonks who are comfortable only with traits and correlations that can be measured and quantified.… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted. — Elizabeth Dole Copy Share Image
Yes, politicians form public policy, but shouldn't the bodies in charge of inspecting and implementing it be apolitical? — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process. — Nigel S. Wright Copy Share Image
Numeracy isn't a sign of geekiness, but a basic requirement for intelligent discussions of public policy. — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
And if we make the process political, if we start to make it personal, we're actually going to frustrate good public policy,… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
I want people to see the truth... regardless of who they are... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a… — Chelsea Manning 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
I learned that you have to evaluate the effects of public policy as opposed to intentions. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling is bad public policy that has no place in the budget process,.… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
Modern women are squeezed between the devil and the deep blue sea, and there are no lifeboats out there in the form… — Sylvia Ann Hewlett Copy Share Image
There are some very real areas where working together is critical, whether it's talking about public policy issues, enforcement, or how to… — Hilary Rosen Copy Share Image
I just don't think it's good public policy to tax fuel. It's kind of silly. It stops people from traveling and actually… — David Neeleman Copy Share Image
To me the separation of church and state is a thread that ought to run through public policy so that we can… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
As an economic historian, I appreciate what manufacturing has contributed to the United States. It was the engine of growth that allowed… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
After much deliberation, and after reviewing the legal, public policy and civil-rights questions presented, I support marriage equality for same-sex couples and… — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
Unsurprisingly, the poll-takers don't talk a lot in public about the ignorance of the electorate on political and public policy matters. And… — Jack Germond Copy Share Image
If you create an artificial scarcity through public policy, artificial rent so to speak - setting up a new import quota or… — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
Now it is worth noticing two things about the private substitutes that I have described. The first is that in the aggregate… — Brian Barry Copy Share Image
The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You don't want atheism shoved down your throat? OK. We will stock knocking on doors spreading our 'Truth,' and having tax-exempt organizations… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
I think the understanding of the role of markets has really helped advance the values of entrepreneurship. It's helped shape public policy… — Lars Peter Hansen Copy Share Image
Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The natural proclivity of democratic governments is to pursue public policies which concentrate benefits on the well-organized and well-informed, and disperse the… — Peter Boettke Copy Share Image
When it comes to public policy, doing the right thing is more important than doing it for the right reason. The best… — Donald Shoup Copy Share Image
Far from a simple attempt to rid the nation of crime and drugs, our policy against narcotics -- like any public policy… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Sometimes I, as a public official, turn to Scripture or hymns - especially hymns, because sometimes we Catholics don't have the Scriptures… — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
