Quotes About Policy

I considered the prevention of war as the test of our security policy; in addition to being able to rapidly and forcefully end any war forced upon us.

How could you have a war on terrorism when war is terrorism?

You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.

The future belongs to nations who have grains not guns.

In recent years, academics, policy-makers, and experts have raised the question of the applicability of peacetime environmental law in times of armed conflict.

The U.S. military is not war weary. Our military draws strength from confronting our enemies when clear policy objectives are set and we are fully resourced for the fight.

I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

Gorbachev's stance contrasts admirably with the policy of the sainted Abraham Lincoln, who used massive force and mass murder to force the seceding Southern states to remain in the Union.

Contrary to the received wisdom, global markets are not unregulated. They are regulated to produce inequality.

[Government's] great contribution to human wisdom...is the discovery that the taxpayer has more than one pocket.

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.

In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.

When Americans fill a prescription, the price is routinely twice as much—sometimes ten times as much—as a Briton or a German would pay for precisely the same pills made in the same factory.

I'm a pro-choice conservative. I believe in small government and the individual's right to make choices for themselves.

Many people in Nixon's camp had genuine faith in affirmative action. It wasn't designed to fail, but it wasn't designed to succeed, either; the intent behind it was not rooted in a desire to help black people attain equal standing in society. It was riot insurance. It was a financial incentive for blacks to stay in their own communities and out of the suburbs.

Finally, if you own a business, make sure you have a sufficient business policy to cover contingencies, such as key-man insurance, or insurance to cover a buy-and-sell agreement.

A good agent won't sell you insurance based on the cheapest price but, rather, on what policy best fits your needs.

Protect your assets with the proper types and amounts of insurance. Insurance is for protection. It's not an investment. Don't confuse the two.

Coverage cannot be canceled for any reason other than for failure to pay premiums.