Quotes About Policy

I don't want to take away deferred status from anyone who has it, but I also didn't want to send the message that it is OK to come here illegally.

Political status does not necessarily depend on nuclear capability.

The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.

The status quo - Obamacare - is not acceptable.

Visionless status quo policy towards Latin-America, particularly towards Cuba, has turned off a lot of people, and I think it's created an opening.

Governments cannot do innovation. There are too many audits, and no one stays in a role for long enough.

Germany stays and falls with the success of the policy of Hitler.

States without the death penalty have had consistently lower murder rates. And national murder rates have declined steadily since 1992, despite fewer executions.

The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day.

As regards this country, in which protection has always to some extent existed, it is the best customer that England ever had, and our demands upon her grow most steadily and regularly under protection.

So from the housing standpoint, steady as you go, I think, would be the best medicine.

If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.

We as a nation have no choice but to conserve fuel to the best of our abilities or be prepared for harsh measures like steep price increase, if the need so arises.

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.

There are lots of other issues in policy including the stem cell issue.

In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.

Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality; 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.

I support the Affordable Care Act and believe we should take steps to further expand coverage and reduce costs.

Addressing climate change and positioning the United States as the leader in advanced energy should be a top priority for our country and our economy, and I applaud the Obama administration for the steps it is taking.

A government should not function based on the pressures of some or others. It should try to adapt a mix of measures that fits every context and generates the appropriate steps forward.

The Americans have taken the course of confrontation and do not assess their own steps critically at all.

We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.

Illinois needs a single-payer health care system, and as governor, I will take the steps to get us there.