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You must build public policies on reason, on facts.

You cannot build public policies on sentiment, on panic and fear.

It's not for me to challenge operational policing based on one story in the media.

If you're criticizing Israel, but you're doing it in a way that implies that the Jewish people in America have a dual loyalty, that's anti-Semitism. It's more than just criticizing Israeli policy.

We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.

I like policy - call me a nerd.

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?

Immigration policy isn't really what we at HHS do.

There is obviously a gap between the public's perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite's perception.

During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.

I never get involved in policy. Never.

Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile.

Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy.

The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy.

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and we polished the leather furniture.

I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.

I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.

Jordan is Palestine. The capital of Palestine is Amman. If Palestinian Arabs want to find their political expression, they will have to do it in Amman.

It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political.

If you go into the mainstream with a female perspective that seems to resonate with a lot of people, you have a political agenda imposed on you: you are told that you are a feminist.

I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.

I think it's a self-serving effort to put a political agenda above the safety of our law enforcement officers.