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Quotes About Policy

Dès qu'on entre en lutte contre la guerre, on entre en lutte contre le gouvernement.
~ Jean Giono
Indeed, as subsequent events would show, debts, rather than deficits, make countries vulnerable in a monetary union.
~ Jean Pisani-Ferry
information could destroy health insurance systems,
~ Jean Tirole
I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity.
~ Jeane Kirkpatrick
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Literature was the first sector of German culture to be completely subjected to the 'new National Socialist values', and its policy towards books became, as Thomas Mann declared, the very symbol of the regime: for all Europe, the Third Reich would remain the country where books were burned.
~ Jean-Michel Palmier
One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up.
~ Jeff Goodell
The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.
~ Jeff Goodell
Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.
~ Jeff Goodell
The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs ' like the health effects of air and water pollution.
~ Jeff Goodell
I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.
~ Jeff Sessions
Enforcement isn't about big government or small government. It's about whether government works and who it works for.
~ Elizabeth Warren
Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage today is lower than it was in 1965—about 24 percent lower. That job at Sears allowed my mother to eke out a
~ Elizabeth Warren
The game is rigged. It is deliberately, persistently, and aggressively rigged to help the rich and powerful get richer and more powerful. Whether mild-mannered men or crazy demagogues are pushing policy decisions, it matters what those decisions are and who they are designed to help.
~ Elizabeth Warren
But chanting "deregulation" at the federal level didn't actually fix many problems for small businesses. Mostly, it created huge giveaways that only giant companies could take advantage of.
~ Elizabeth Warren
The job of the Central Bank is to worry.
~ Alice Rivlin
IHS is also grossly underfunded: in 2016, Congress allotted $4.8 billion for IHS, which came out to approximately $1,297 per person.
~ Alice Wong
Well then, why does he need shoes? Come back when he can walk.' 'What?' That's it, I've lost it. 'Because he's five, for God's sake. What do you want me to do – push him round in his socks forever? It's cold outside – it's winter, have you noticed?' 'It's company policy.' She doesn't budge. 'I want to speak to your senior manager.
~ Alison White
We know about this deliberate policy admittedly as effective as it is suicidal – of endless provocation, waiting for something, for somebody to break. But please, Major Sherman, please do not try to provoke too many people in Amsterdam. We have too many canals.
~ Alistair MacLean
Eddie had a strict "Do Not Disturb Unless Someone Is Bleeding" policy.
~ Ally Carter
I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.
~ Al-Waleed bin Talal
As congressional Republicans and the Trump administration continue to attack the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it came as no surprise that the House voted on two bills that would weaken emissions standards and, as a result, put our public health at risk.
~ Seth Moulton
We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.
~ Pete du Pont
A weaker currency is a national tariff. After we get a weaker currency, we have to take advantage of that. Or else, we will waste it once more in inflation and in the inability to raise competitiveness.
~ Uday Kotak