Quotes About Policy

You're not hearing people like Madeleine Albright argue that the budget of the State Department should be as large as the Defense Department. The Pentagon is going to be larger by its nature. It's going to have more people.

Having been raised overseas, I wanted to become a diplomat. But the State Department thought I was too 'liberal' to be happy with that job.

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

We are going to have to make some very difficult choices, because state government cannot continue to spend more than it takes in.

Put simply, no one in state government can create new specially protected classes except the General Assembly with the concurrence of the Governor.

I have always adopted nondiscriminatory policies toward the LGBTQ community in my public offices in local and state government.

I know the Federal Reserve Bank can continue to print more and more money... but city and state governments cannot.

Expanding eligibility of family planning services to low-income women will maximize cost-savings to both federal and state governments, reduce the disparities in access to family planning services for low-income women, and decrease the incidence of abortion in the U.S.

The last issue I remember where a president was involved was in the capital punishment of 1993 blasts convict Yaqub Memon. Otherwise, in your life, in my life, how does a president make a difference? Has a president ever stated his point of view on anything?

The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.

I have stated publicly, I want the same things for Iran that I want for Brazil. I want them to use and develop their nuclear energy for peaceful means.

The Federal Reserve is incapable of accomplishing its stated objectives.

Understanding government can be a complex business. The stated reason for a policy and the real reason for it are rarely the same.

Before we start making blanket statements about abolishing the IRS, I think it's important to focus on what the tax code for the 21st century should look like.

Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country.

States are not moral agents.

When the federal government imposes a mandate on the states or supersedes a state policy, conservatives often rise in protest.

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors; two, facility to acquirers; and three, hope to all.

The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic.

No government in any country can run on static definitions of economic thinking.

When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.

National data on evictions aren't collected, although national data on foreclosures are. And so if anyone wants to, kind of, get to know any statistical research about evictions, they have to really dig in the annals of legal records.

Where is special category status? Where is women's reservation bill? Where is the farmers' insurance? Why did Odisha not receive any cooperation and help from the Centre?

American official policy is that Egypt is an ally of the United States. Of course, we recognize that Egypt has gone through a dramatic change in government. And what their status will be going forward in terms of the relationship with our nation is something which which I'm sure will be developing over time.