Policy Quotes
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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.
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One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.
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The Germans should be the first to sympathize with us [Egyptians]. They know how difficult it is to build a democracy following a dictatorship, and they were the first to be critical of Morsi's anti-democratic policies.
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Men must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience.
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My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!
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An idea is growing in foreign policy circles in Washington ... that there is no turning back. We are stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan for 25 to 40 years, we are embedded in our prideful unilateralism, and nothing can return us to more traditional American values and principles of action. The hubristic creators of this "inevitability" planned it this way. ... Their failures in Iraq have not stopped the fanatic, power-hungry neoconservatives. ... The hard-liners who dominate this administration ... have led us to eternal conflict with Muslims.
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Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.
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I am a Democrat and disagree with virtually all of President Trump's policy positions, including those on healthcare, LGBTQ rights, civil rights, immigration, global warming, gun control, and tax 'reform.'
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Economists have the least influence on policy where they know the most and are most agreed; they have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.
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I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members.
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The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common sense. But the very commonness of common sense makes it unlikely to have any appeal to the anointed. How can they be wiser and nobler than everyone else while agreeing with everyone else?
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Will not tolerate a return to all-out fighting and a policy of repression in Kosovo.
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It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused.
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I look for the consensus because the consensus drives the policy into new places.
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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.
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Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.
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The degree of monetary policy ease should be associated with the level of real interest rates, not nominal interest rates.
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I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need a re-examination of our entire policy on imprisonment...Our imprisonment policies are counterproductive.
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There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year.
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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.
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All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides.
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Despite all this, as I have written, I consider the Comintern policy to be absolutely correct and I think that this leadership is in order.
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That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.
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It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today's new developments become tomorrow's climate slums
