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Quotes About Policy

They were unable to stand up and say: 'Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.'
~ Chris Matthews
As it is my good fortune to be American, I live in the only country that as a matter of policy is pro-Israel regardless of party allegiance; Democrats and Republicans equally unite behind the blue-and-white.
~ Elizabeth Wurtzel
Jeremy Corbyn's policy on Brexit has failed to unite his own Labour MPs and has been rightly castigated for lacking any clear course.
~ Ed Davey
We are absolutely clear: when these unaccompanied minors have a family link in the United Kingdom, then they must go to the United Kingdom. And they must go quickly and in an efficient fashion.
~ Francois Hollande
We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.
~ Angela Merkel
The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.
~ Michelle Bachelet
Ultimately, developing countries and groups like Oxfam want to see a new intergovernmental body on cooperation in tax matters under the auspices of the United Nations.
~ Winnie Byanyima
I'm a career diplomat. I spent 30 years as a diplomat, out of which seven years as foreign minister. I've always believed in the United Nations as a centre of multilateralism and multilateral diplomacy.
~ Miroslav Lajcak
I'm a member of the US committee o the United Nations.
~ Betty Hill
In Syria, while secretary of state, Clinton watched as United Nations resolution after U.N. resolution failed. She accomplished nothing except to repeat the refrain, 'Assad must go.'
~ Keith Kellogg
What keeps me awake at night is the issue of relevance of the United Nations.
~ Miroslav Lajcak
If you opened up every single potential drilling opportunity in the United States, it would have the effect of lowering gas prices three cents, maybe. And that's because, of course, oil is traded on a global market.
~ Jennifer Granholm
The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.
~ Samantha Power
It was the biggest inflation and the most sustained inflation that the United States had ever had.
~ Paul A. Volcker
The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions. In the meantime, it is our job to take meaningful steps to eliminate the threats posed by Iran.
~ Allyson Schwartz
There is a limit to how much the United States Treasury can borrow.
~ Alan Greenspan
The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
~ Al Sharpton
It is clear that United States immigration policy is badly in need of reform.
~ Ander Crenshaw
The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark, does fine without one.
~ James Surowiecki
What is good for General Motors is not good for America if General Motors is moving production out of the United States.
~ Pat Buchanan
In an industrialized country as advanced as the United States, no mother should have the fear of dying during childbirth or in the following months.
~ Abigail Spanberger
I do not support a North American Union. I disagree fundamentally with that, and I think the United States should be governing itself and not being governed by multilateral unions, the United Nations.
~ Sam Brownback
I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the Armed Forces of the United States are well served by a saying through our policies that it's OK to be immoral in any way.
~ Peter Pace
I think the rule should be that if we're going to take actions overseas that result in the deaths of people, the United States should take responsibility for that.
~ John O. Brennan