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Quotes About Policy

Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people.
~ Nelson A. Miles
Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick is going to be increase American exports. Get rid of some of the tariff and non-tariff barriers to American exports.
~ Wilbur Ross
Simplicity is the best strategy.Reciprocity is the best policy.
~ Debasish Mridha
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.
~ William S. Burroughs
In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.
~ Carter G. Woodson
The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.
~ Tom Tancredo
House Republicans want to pass a strong border security, illegal immigration bill. We want a bill. There is no ifs, ands or buts about it.
~ John Boehner
Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.
~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.
~ Ina May Gaskin
The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
~ William McKinley
I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.
~ Tony Abbott
Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars. Guess what? Yes we do.
~ Joe Biden
I don't care about crime, I just want to get the guns.
~ Howard Metzenbaum
Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.'
~ Vladimir Putin
Higher income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to.
~ Rick Santorum
It's a shame that people are resisting vetting programs that would actually just keep out those who want to do us harm.
~ Kellyanne Conway
My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House. They can do whatever they want to do, really.
~ Maxine Waters
People aren't blind. They know - they want to have a country where people who are coming in are known to our authorities, those who are in charge of this.
~ Kellyanne Conway
Millions of citizens are deeply disturbed that the military-industrial complex too often shapes national policy, but they do not want to be considered unpatriotic.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.
~ Barack Obama
Britain does not want a return to boom and bust.
~ Gordon Brown
In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can't turn the clock back to 1904, what's the point of being a Conservative?
~ Boris Johnson
I've left specific instructions that I do not want to be brought back during a Republican administration.
~ Timothy Leary
If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.
~ Benjamin Netanyahu