House Quote by Richard N. Haass Download Open image “White House staff are meant to coordinate and set policy, not carry it out.” — Richard N. Haass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare House House Staff Out Policy Policy Carry Set Policy Staff Meant White White house
While the statutory members of the NSC, in some cases, run departments that execute foreign policy, the NSC staff at the White House was… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
Federal employees are public servants, not partisan foot soldiers for President Obama, and shouldn't have to decide whether a partisan White House request can… — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus.… — John DiIulio Copy Share Image
When a president doesn't know the policy, it doesn't make for a very effective leader. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Executive orders are meant for occasional use, not to force something through that the people's elected representatives aren't going to make law. — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
Within two weeks of moving into the White House, Obama signed a series of executive orders championed by union bosses. The new rules authorized… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
Anything my staff does in my office is pursuant to congressional rules. — Sheila Jackson Lee Copy Share Image
I hear this all the time: 'Obama's policies aren't working.' He hasn't been allowed to put his policies into place. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The Obama administration is on notice - they will not be allowed to regulate what they have been unable to legislate. — Fred Upton Copy Share Image
Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Security is the absolute precondition for sustainable recovery from conflict; without it, people cannot rebuild their country or return to school or work. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
When great powers fade, as they inevitably must, it's normally for one of two reasons. Some powers exhaust themselves through overreach abroad, underinvestment at… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Americans never would alter the way entitlement programs are funded or education administered without serious study and widespread debate. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem for us. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The rise of populism is in part a response to stagnating incomes and job loss, owing mostly to new technologies but widely attributed to… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales where walking was part of the… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We Fenced Other… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I… — Roz Savage Copy Share Image
I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
She'd read once that if you ran into a bear in the woods you should avoid eye contact and you shouldn't run away, but… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that.… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important reason to be skeptical of government inflation numbers is that the government, like a fox campaigning to guard a hen… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
