Policy Quotes

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The fundamental question is: 'Will I be a successful president when it comes to foreign policy?' I will be, but until I'm the president, it's… — George W. Bush
I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to… — John McCain
By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong. — Dennis Hastert
The Democrats need poor, dependent people if they're gonna stay in business. And if we don't have enough poverty at home, we'll import it. That's… — Rush Limbaugh
It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work. — W. Allen Wallis
It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today's new developments become tomorrow's climate slums — Tim Yeo
It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy. — Edward Glaeser
When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never… — DeForest Soaries
My advice was to start a policy of making reversible decisions before anyone left the meeting or the office. In a startup, it doesn't matter… — Steve Blank
It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and… — George F. Kennan
War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy. — George F. Kennan
I am aware how almost impossible it is in this country to carry out a foreign policy not approved by the Jews. — John Foster Dulles
The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to… — Joseph McCarthy
In both metaphysics and art, honesty is the best policy. Keep it clean. — Edward Abbey
Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been taken out of… — Robert Teeter
If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that guns, vetoes and… — Martin McGuinness
British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for a slice of… — Martin McGuinness
On issue after issue, the polls - and these are not snapshot polls; these are polls over a consistent period of time - show that… — Katrina vanden Heuvel
Inflation is probably the most important single factor in that vicious circle wherein one kind of government action makes more and more government control necessary.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought our reputation to… — George Washington
The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that… — John Hume
While it [tolerance] is more or less quietly and constitutionally withdrawn from the opposition, it is made compulsory behavior with respect to established policies. — Herbert Marcuse
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward of… — Polybius
I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of human rights is… — Jimmy Carter
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy… — John F. Kennedy

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