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Quotes About Policy

To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.
~ John Drinkwater
I've realised that doctors can only help change a certain number of patients, but a Minister of Health can really change things.
~ Leo Varadkar
We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.
~ Ruben Hinojosa
We need better public education and more realistic education.
~ Carl Hart
We have to be realistic: we are not going to be able to deport 11 million people - most are hard-working people.
~ Joe Garcia
Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.
~ Hans Rosling
I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.
~ Anna Eshoo
There are some who want to move us back to the days when we were protectionists and keep all goods off our shores.
~ William M. Daley
And under our system, much like you see in the U.K., of course, a party working with another party can form a coalition and govern the country.
~ Rick Mercer
How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.
~ George Packer
From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it's going to be America First.
~ Donald Trump
The president has to govern.
~ Amy Klobuchar
Britain must govern Britain and nothing less will do.
~ Ann Widdecombe
The Internet requires evolved forms of governance that we haven't figured out as a planet. I'd love to help make that easier and make that possible.
~ Jeremy Allaire
I'm clear that new schools should only go in areas where there is a need for places. I'm equally clear that we need those schools to have the governance and the leadership to succeed.
~ Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
Strong governance is very, very important.
~ Kirron Kher
The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.
~ William Greider
I think governments can't do much.
~ Dalai Lama
If we do not adhere firmly to the constitution, our governments will not last long and will change frequently.
~ Suharto
Governments aren't going to go away; banks aren't going to go away.
~ Brad Garlinghouse
Governments change but the system doesn't. One needs to believe in the system.
~ Uddhav Thackeray
It matters more how governments behave than how big they are.
~ Geoff Mulgan
Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.
~ Kapil Sibal
We should be looking at the bigger picture. It's all very well going around driving our Priuses, but we have to look to our governments to make us less reliant on oil.
~ Trudie Styler