Policy Quotes
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Presidents come and go, and even parties come to and away from power. But the main policy tack does not change.
Vladimir Putin
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People have not made the connection that the more of us there are, the more greenhouse gases go into the atmosphere. The Chinese have. They, unlike us, have a population policy. The right wingers just don't understand that the country they're in is probably the most overpopulated in the world, the one doing most of the destruction, and the one with horrendously bad leadership.
Paul R. Ehrlich
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The substantial uncertainty about the path of asset price movements going forward necessarily reduces the case for altering policy in advance of the move.
Timothy Geithner
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My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!
Ernest Bevin
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All along, American policy has been, 'We don't establish a Kurdistan.
Raymond T. Odierno
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Certainly, the job of a U.S. senator is to create a climate conducive to creating jobs, which is lower taxes and less government regulation. What Harry Reid has been doing is putting forward those policies that actually put more regulation on business.
Sharron Angle
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But it's a stigmatized problem, and it's a silent problem. This has to end. Suicide is not just a personal tragedy, it's a key issue of public policy and facing up to it requires political will.
Bob Rae
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When President Nixon said that the American people don't want their foreign policy dictated from the street, unfortunately, he said the most clever political statement I think he's ever said.
Allard K. Lowenstein
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Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . . . No politician with half his senses, which a majority of politicians have, is likely to vote for its abolition, however. As a class, mothers are tender and loving, but as a voting bloc they would not hesitate for an instant to pull the seat out from under any Congressman who suggests that Mother is not entitled to a box of chocolates each year in the middle of May.
Russell Baker
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The most troubling aspect of social policy towards the poor in late 20th century America is or how much it costs, but what it has bought.
Charles A. Murray
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It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused.
William Davenant
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I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.
George Bernard Shaw
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Coach's Rule: never admit a lack of experience or knowledge. Carry on at all times as though you've guided a hundred champion crews. Honesty is not the best policy when leading a bunch of college rowers. They are looking for strong, disciplined leadership and not a kinder, gentler coach. Once you've established a certain attitude and demeanor, it's nearly impossible to change to a difference mode in mid-season.
Brad Alan Lewis
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I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.
Stephen F. Lynch
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I knew that if we were going to actually defeat Harry Reid, we had to have a candidate who would offer a sharp policy contrast. Someone who would not just pay lip service to limited government principles, but had a solid record of voting that way time and again. I'm that candidate.
Sharron Angle
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By what right does White, in an absolutely even position, such as after move one, when both sides have advanced 1. e4, sacrifice a pawn, whose recapture is quite uncertain, and open up his kingside to attack? And then follow up this policy by leaving the check of the black queen open? None whatever!
Emanuel Lasker
