Quotes About Policy

Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

After much deliberation, and after reviewing the legal, public policy and civil-rights questions presented, I support marriage equality for same-sex couples and believe that DOMA should be repealed.

Broken families not only affect the people involved, but they have an impact on public policy decisions in Washington, D.C., and state capitols around the nation.

I believe the passage of a national paid family and medical leave law is not a question of if, but when. But as is so often the case on important public policy issues, we need states and localities to be the incubators of innovation.

An important reason that we're in the trouble we are in with climate change is that we don't have a handle on our environment. We form public policy based on information that is wrong.

I'll go to my grave saying a gimmick is not good public policy.

The notion that one's home is one's castle and you can pull up the drawbridge is not one that people in public policy circles believe in.

I just don't have the heart for it. I just will not spend any more time focused on political games as opposed to public policy, which is what I entered politics for in the first place, particularly at a time when it is so needed.

Getting the older cars off the road improves public safety as well as environment.

The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.

I am increasingly ready to junk the public school system.

In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly.

I'm a very big public school advocate.

There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. If anything, we should be extending the school year.

I'm not a fan of public school at all; I think it's one of the greatest catastrophes of American history.

Charter schools were supposed to compete with public schools, and in turn, that competition was meant to improve education. But that wasn't the end result.

You won't believe what our kids are eating in the public schools. It's just nuts.

We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

You can't have public health without working with the public sector. You can't have public education without working with the public sector in education.

Paternalism is the method of government activism most amenable to an impoverished public sector.

Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.

I've always believed that what's best for our kids is what's best for our state. That's why I've dedicated my life to public service, working as an educator, a school administrator, a state superintendent, and now as a candidate for governor.