Quotes About Policy

Politicization - the shading of analysis to fit prevailing policy or politics - is the harshest criticism one can make of an intelligence organization. It strikes beyond questions of competence to the fundamental ethic of the enterprise, which is, or should be, truth telling.

I've got no problem with drone strikes.

One of the striking features of the form of globalisation that has now been established is that it is based on the premise that goods and even capital should be free to roam but labour must remain imprisoned within the nation state.

Presidents are evaluated not by what they did by the stroke of their own pen; it's what they persuade Congress to do.

A strong renewable energy industry is good for our environment and our economy.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.

Lawmakers should focus on building strong coalitions, including across the aisle, as they create, draft, and develop effective legislation.

We need to have a strong economy that can create employment opportunities and that can also produce the revenue that we need to defend our country at home and abroad.

A healthy environment, a strong economy and energy independent America - that would be the purpose of my presidency, is break the strangle hold that people enjoy on fossil fuels who hate our guts.

I take very seriously our responsibility to keep a strong economy.

Clearly, we need a strong economy to build a strong military.

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

The strong economy means there is fiscal firepower and we need to use that to show people the benefits of the free-market system.

I look under the skin of countries' economies, and I help them make better decisions and be stronger, to prosper and create employment.

A stronger E.U. of defence makes NATO stronger.

For Republicans, tort reform and its health care analogue, malpractice reform, speak to the goal of stronger economic growth and lower costs.

I am personally looking forward to advancing policies that will help make the future of our state even stronger than it already is.

We have a plan for a stronger middle class, with the goal of generating 12 million new jobs over the next four years.

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.

I'm going to make the claim that I'm stronger than Obama when it comes to civil liberties, and I'm going to make the claim that I'm stronger than Romney when it comes to dollars and cents.

Some states are doing better than others. Some states naturally have stronger economies. So it's not as simple as saying, 'Let's go to $15.' If you do it wrong, you can hurt the very people you're trying to help.

If we can get back to where I can earmark money to bring it home to Illinois... to make us a stronger economy, I'm going to continue to do it.

The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role for government and the state should just get out of the way. That is not a strand of Conservative thinking that, by itself, is enough.