Quotes About Policy

A policy of "Quality—If Time Permits" will assure that no quality at all sneaks into the product. Hewlett-Packard

years, no goal of Washington—not a single one—has been accomplished by war.

Let's face it, in America today we don't have a health care system, we have a sick care system.

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention.

The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

The Republican Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of cheap labor, satisfying a very important constituency.

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters.

If you think of what food is, it's the energy we use to do our daily work. I want people to know about the USDA. This is a very important department. It's not fully appreciated as such.

Government expands to absorb revenue - and then some.

The only way that I can see America ever becoming a strong nation again is to stop being a debtor nation and to begin spending less than is taxed on it's people.

Let's not forget that the ultimate goal of Medicare must be to keep people well rather than just patching them up when they get sick.

An educated, healthy & confident nation is harder to govern

The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

Education is the best economic policy there is.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats or inevitable victories. If you have the right policy and the right strategy, you always have a chance of winning. Without them, you can lose no matter how certain the victory seems.

The only difference between compassionate conservatism and conservatism is that under compassionate conservatism they tell you they're not going to help you but they're really sorry about it.

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.

O'Malley was still talking. Leaphorn looked at him, wondering about this FBI policy. Where did they find so many O'Malleys? He had a sudden vision of an office in the Department of Justice building in Washington, a clerk sending out draft notices to all the male cheerleaders and drum majors at U.S.C., Brigham Young, Arizona State, and Notre Dame, ordering them to get their hair cut and report for duty. He suppressed a grin.

Whatever Americans fondly believe, their government has always had its fingers in the economic pie. What distinguishes the USA from every other developed country has been the widespread belief to the contrary.