Quotes About Policy

One of the things I wanted to do in the Department for Education was open up the policy making process and run things like wikis in open formats in order to a: start off with better ideas and then b: adapt to errors much faster than is possible with normal Whitehall systems.

Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.

Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.

Most of the Republican Party denies climate change and has fought all efforts to address it.

The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.

The fact is, almost every year since the founding of these United States, our government has lived beyond its means.

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

I support the elimination and defunding of all agencies like the Education and Energy Departments because they fall outside of the framework of the Constitution.

We have accepted there is a big role for government to create a framework where businesses can grow in all parts of the country.

The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'

My first act as president will be to reinstate France's borders.

Eliminating the franchise tax is really about economic growth on Main Street.

Because we have more women in power now, frankly we are less likely to go to war. It's not in our nature really.

I've worked with Fred Upton, and I think we've got a lot of common agreement on energy production.

Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

I'm a pro-growth, small-government conservative with a background in free enterprise.

Congress must recognize that free enterprise is the cornerstone of this nation's economy.

We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.

The 'free market' is the product of laws and rules continuously emanating from legislatures, executive departments, and courts.

The free market is not a god; we have to do everything we can to make the market competitive.

China is the most protectionist country of the very large countries. They talk more about free trade than they actually practice.

I am a believer in free trade, fair free trade.

I think it is not important to have the free trade agreement with China.