Policy Quotes

2496 Policy quotes by 1468 unique authors

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. — Richard Whately
Honesty is better than any policy. — Immanuel Kant
Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy. Both your religion and policy must be based on it. Your honesty must… — John Ruskin
When one of your children tells a lie, be honest with him; tell him that you have told hundreds of them yourself. Tell him it… — Robert Green Ingersoll
From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?] — John Harington
Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be… — Zach Wamp
The methods that will most effectively minimize the ability of intruders to compromise information security are comprehensive user training and education. Enacting policies and procedures… — Kevin Mitnick
He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar… — Samuel Johnson
The "progressives" who today masquerade as "liberals" may rant against "fascism"; yet it is their policy that paves the way for Hitlerism. Nothing could have… — Ludwig von Mises
[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics — Ludwig von Mises
The libertarian creed...offers the fulfillment of the best of the American past along with the promise of a far better future. Libertarians are squarely in… — Murray Rothbard
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: 'But what would you replace it with?' When… — Thomas Sowell
The aggregate happiness of the society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of… — George Washington
Our two-party system is a fraud, a sham, a delusion. On foreign policy, trade, immigration, Big Government, we have one-party government, one party press; and… — Pat Buchanan
I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes, higher inflation and probably, economic… — Charley Reese
Somehow, the fact that more poor people are on welfare, receiving more generous payments, does not seem to have made this country a nice place… — Irving Kristol
Words summarize the American philosophy of life: Live and let live; Let's make a deal. 8 words summarize American foreign policy: We're better than you;… — Gary North
Make it a policy to know your net worth to the penny. — T. Harv Eker
In every section of the entire area where the word science may properly be applied, the limiting factor is a human one. We shall have… — James Bryant Conant
Our national policies will not be revoked or modified, even for scientists. If the dismissal of Jewish scientists means the annihilation of contemporary German science,… — Adolf Hitler
Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and windings;… — John Owen
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
We can remove poverty from the surface of the earth only if we can redesign our institutions - like the banking institutions, and other institutions;… — Muhammad Yunus
Policies are also to blame: the only thing that the governments and people can come up with to give to the poor people is charity.… — Muhammad Yunus
Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard… — Abraham Lincoln

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