Nothing disturbs me more than superficiality and mere sloganizing on matters of public policy, and the suspicion that what the speaker is… — Preston Manning Copy Share Image
We [the USA] have a $16 trillion debt which these tax increases will do nothing to solve and you will have at… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Donating money to a few of my favorite free-market organizations used to be a pleasant duty, but now I'm literally inundated with… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
All forms of books make a valuable contribution to education and the dissemination of culture and information. The diversity of books and… — Irina Bokova Copy Share Image
What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to… — Elizabeth Dole Copy Share Image
“Housing is a human right. There can be no fairness or justice in a society in which some live in homelessness, or… — Jordan Flaherty Copy Share Image
Against this backdrop of technological change and heightened expectations, it is worth remembering our broad public policy objectives, which are driven by… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
Without seeing any reason to believe that women are, on the average, so strong physically, intellectually, or morally, as men, I cannot… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
RTE was set up by legislation as an instrument of public policy, and, as such is responsible to the government. The government… — Sean Lemass Copy Share Image
A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The intelligence community, in particular the FBI, have been sounding alarms about this for more than a year. So to argue that… — Angus King Copy Share Image
“Only by embracing the lessons embedded in our city's history can we avoid repeating the failed policies of both the recent and… — Ralph da Costa Nunez Copy Share Image
The founders of this nation understood that private morality is the fount from whence sound public policy springs. Replying to Washington's first… — Thomas G. West 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
I believe the passage of a national paid family and medical leave law is not a question of if, but when. But… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Improving the quality of our lives should be the ultimate target of public policies. But public policies can only deliver best fruit… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
I don't think that voters should be fixated on public policy. In a healthy republic, they wouldn't have to worry every waking… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
I know few significant questions of public policy which can safely be confided to computers. In the end, the hard decisions inescapably… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King would celebrate the symbolic status (of having a black president), but he would examine what the real substance was.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Yale Law School was the kind of place you went if you felt you needed to go to law school, maybe, for… — Robert Reich 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
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
I think liberal art faculties at major universities have views that are not very sound, at least on public policy issues -… — Charlie Munger 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
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
My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a… — Harold Ford, Jr Copy Share Image
To worry about differences in earned incomes simply because some persons earn more than other persons is to wallow in envy. And… — Donald J. Boudreaux 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
. . when the target of crime is armed, there is more law present, more public policy present, and more public interest… — John Longenecker Copy Share Image
An important reason that we're in the trouble we are in with climate change is that we don't have a handle on… — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
It presents a really compelling case against the whole theory of anthropogenic global warming. From my point of view, it is a… — Nick Minchin Copy Share Image
Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think today's young women are an especially powerful breed. They will be taking on even greater challenges, which is why achieving… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Talk radio is an asset to our nation because it encourages strong and healthy debate about public policy, and there is no… — Tim Walberg Copy Share Image