Quotes About Influence

My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that the case could be made that everybody around the world ought to have a vote in determining some of its policies.

Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El Salvador or Nicaragua. Or in Columbia right now.

All policies should be guided by science, not just whose voice is the loudest.

In China, export lobbies have fought for policies that favor their interests and limit foreign competition.

If you want to persuade people, you've got to talk with your heart. You've got to talk about why your policies matter to them.

The only way really to influence countries, in terms of poverty, is to get them to change their policies and get them to understand what the issues are.

We think the government is running the country, but it is just a policymaker. Unknowingly, people are inviting the government to run their lives. The only business of the government is to come up with the right policies.

When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.

Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing.

My family is just like most other families - we rise and fall on good and bad government policy. Politics affects us all.

When you change media, perception is changed and then policy is changed.

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.

I chose not to go into politics and policy. Those policies are my husband's job.

No one doing big business can avoid some contact with government agencies, regulators, and policy makers.

Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.

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 any system that has accountability or that they can influence.

In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.

I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.

We know that when people are civically engaged, when they understand what their rights are, when they understand that in a democracy you can challenge governments, you can challenge policymakers, and you can... actually shape and form future policy, I think it changes the perception that a lot of young people have about where power is.

That really important freedom in my life, the freedom to marry, came about because of choices that were made by policymakers who had power over me and millions of others.

There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.

I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.

My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African-American, so I had a pretty diverse culinary background to work with.

Polish literature can be interesting to the world. I'm happy to be the trailblazer.