Quotes About Policy

It would be so simple for the government to support farmers to become more profitable and farm sustainably.

Ireland cannot become the collector general for the world. We can only tax on profits generated in the country here.

Democratically elected governments meekly requesting giant corporations to pay pitifully low levels of tax on their enormous profits is not a good look.

The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire.

At the beginning of my career, my desire to understand was associated with a profound desire to act, with the wish to influence opinion and policy; but, over the years, this motivation has come to be of secondary importance, far behind my desire to understand.

Faith leaders, young people, American companies, human rights advocates, and many others have demonstrated a unique interest in our Cuba policy. But no community cares more deeply about these issues than Cuban Americans - young and old - who have maintained a profound interest in Cuba and an abiding faith in the Cuban people.

In order to be vigorously continued, nuclear power must be profoundly modified.

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

I don't disagree with ending Congress' retirement program. I'm a governor; I don't have a retirement program in my state, and I don't disagree with that.

Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned.

We support President Truman's civil rights program.

As you see the political problems are closely connected with the economical problems. With the help of politics, we will open the way for the economy and this is why all these problems are included in the program of the newly elected government.

What in the hell would they do with the farm program without us?

I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.

Make no mistake: Obamacare is a pro-death 'health' program.

Congress came to see NASA primarily as a jobs program, not an exploratory agency.

A number of immunisation programmes are funded and announced by the government and international bodies, but little thought goes into the injecting or delivery mechanism.

I call for greater measures to involve more women at higher levels in mine action. Governments should do more to address gender in their mine action programmes and through their implementation of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention.

I think that affirmative action programs can be very important.

I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.

We need a grassroots movement and government policies and programs to change the food landscape and the built environment to give our children a chance to have happy, healthy successful lives.

Our political system needs changing. It needs to move away from personalities and patronage to a system of party programs and consultation with the people.