Quotes About Policy

The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington. It's completely out of control. We Republicans came to power to change government, and government changed us.

You have to be very rich to afford Labour, with 66 tax rises since they came in power.

I was the first Republican in the country to support the president's Clean Power Plan.

The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.

[The Clean Power Plan] is an important step toward curbing carbon pollution and addressing climate change.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states.

We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack.

The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.

In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.

Governments understand that help is power. That is why governments offer as much help to as many people as they can.

If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

We do not project power from bankruptcy court. We're borrowing a million dollars a minute.

Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.

The best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation.

I saw in the Nineties that we were increasing police power with get tough policies and 3 strikes laws, but without additional oversights.

It's a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There's a big dream out there about wind and solar power.

Everybody says that I have a lot of power. But what does that power consist of?... Can I influence governments? I am beginning to be able to..." (1995)

Access to unlimited funds by a government, not surprisingly, leads to an unlimited government.

The illegal we do immediately the unconstitutional takes a little longer.

In shuttering Yucca Mountain, Obama makes it extremely likely that nuclear power in the United States will continue its long, slow, and extremely welcome death.

Strong government doesn't mean simply military power or an efficient intelligence apparatus. Instead, it should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.'

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.

It appears that the Soviets are now going to allow prayer in school. One wonders how soon the United States will catch up.