Public policy Quotes

Public opinion shapes public policy dramatically.

— Neil Bush

American public policy is run on a myth.

— Richard Lamm

I'll go to my grave saying a gimmick is not good public policy.

— Phil Murphy

Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.

— Bjorn Lomborg

The Affordable Care Act is a public-policy flop of epic proportions.

— Stephen Moore

Many people look forward to the NEW YEAR for a new start on old habits.

— Dinesh Mendi

Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

— Trent Lott

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

— Quintus Tullius Cicero

I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.

— Bill de Blasio

Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process.

— Nigel S. Wright

I believe we need affordable child care. I believe we need flexibility. I believe we need institutional reform and public policy reform.

— Sheryl Sandberg

I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective.

— Mireille Guiliano

Yes, politicians form public policy, but shouldn't the bodies in charge of inspecting and implementing it be apolitical?

— Cathy Newman

The weapons-violence hypothesis is far too simplistic a basis on which to base sound public policy.

— Daniel D. Polsby

The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted.

— Elizabeth Dole

The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it's that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives…

— Barney Frank

I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or…

— Al Franken

We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon…

— Ann Veneman

Admittedly, I possess virtually no expertise in science. That puts me in exactly the same position as most dogmatic environmentalists who want…

— David Harsanyi

Trump is probably disrespected women all of his life. His alignment with women has been with his beauty pageants. And those women…

— Maxine Waters

Family farmers are victims of public policy that gives preference to feeding animals over feeding people. This has encouraged the cheap grain…

— Howard Lyman

I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The Bible is my primary way of knowing Him and what it means to follow…

— Adam Hamilton

Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose,…

— Orrin Hatch

UNNATURAL CAUSES tears back the veil to show the socio-economic and racial inequities in health as well as the public policies that…

— Andy Stern

Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into…

— Elinor Ostrom

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

The excuse of divided government is over: they have the House and the Senate as well; they have the state legislatures; they…

— Kellyanne Conway

To attach full confidence to an institution of this nature, it appears to be an essential ingredient in its structure, that it…

— Alexander Hamilton

You know, when I was in college, there was a big debate: Do unions raise wages? Well, with regard to industrial unions,…

— Barney Frank

It teaches us how to run our lives individually. How to run our families, how to run our churches. But it teaches…

— Paul Broun

What is called economic progress is the joint effect of the activities of the three progressive groups-or classes-of the savers, the scientist-inventors,…

— Ludwig von Mises

For many people, the only reason to do anything is that it's best for them individually. And I think that's why planners…

— Donald Shoup

“ Solution #1. ELIMINATE PAYOFFS IN CLINICS TO PROMOTE VACCINATIONS. It should be illegal for doctors to accept bonuses or other incentives…

— stephen heartland

“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants," wrote Edmund Burke in his Reflections on the Revolution in…

— Deborah Stone

“Many of these policies were proposed by wonks who are comfortable only with traits and correlations that can be measured and quantified.…

— David Brooks

“While we might expect to see venture capital develop further in an increasingly intangible economy, it is not clear that governments can…

— Jonathan Haskel

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

— Alec Baldwin

There's a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.

— Noam Chomsky

Demagoguery beats data in making public policy.

— Dick Armey

Two men say they are Jesus, one of them must be wrong.

— Anonymous