Quotes About Policy

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.

The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.

If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates.

those places which have an open policy of marijuana, like Africa and the Middle East—well, just look at them. The people have no incentive, no ambitions, the countries make no progress. Isn't there a lesson to be learned here?

The ancient books of the Chinese show that astronomy was not only understood by them at a very early period, but that it formed an important branch of state policy, and the basis of public ceremonies. Eclipses are accurately recorded which occurred twenty centuries before Jesus;

This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.

We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care.

I can buy a shotgun any time of day without the slightest background check, but if I need something for my sniffles, it's six forms of ID and complete school transcripts. The government has essentially created a system where if I want to clear a head cold, the easiest cure is to blow my brains out.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

There is no question of the government or myself attaching less importance to the use of English.

There is no reason why government should not be as efficient as any good business.

There is no reason not to support energy exploration in ANWR.

There is no reason to protect illegal-alien criminals from deportation. And cities that defy the law should face serious consequences.

My government is in no sense anti-Russian.

It makes no sense to introduce an agreement with border restrictions or tariffs.

Nobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

Who in the world wants to run a country where the new norm is one where there are no jobs?

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative!

The domestic policy of any president, U.S. or otherwise, is his or her own concern, as long as democratic norms are followed.

President Trump's agenda is enticing businesses to hire in North Carolina.

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

Counterterrorism, counterproliferation, and counterintelligence are staples. The four countries of highest interest - Russia, China, Iran and North Korea - are constants.

Every government secretary of state or minister should jolly well go to the theatre, go to a concert, go to an art gallery, go to a museum, become somehow interested in these things. If they're not interested, they shouldn't be in government, full stop.