Quotes About Policy

Recognition of the political-economic forces that impose patterns of suffering is the foundation for an applied critique of policy and services that persecute oppositional, marginalized populations in the name of morality

Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.

Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.

When the modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.

Justice is effective coordination in the affairs of a state

Cuando se trata de los negocios que corresponden puramente a la política, como la política versa siempre sobre la justicia y la templanza, entonces escuchan a todo el mundo y con razón, porque todos están obligados a tener estas virtudes, pues que de otra manera no hay sociedad.

We have the worst laws.

The scariest thing for non-Jewish Americans in talking about Palestinian self-determination is the fear of being or sounding anti-Semitic. The people of Israel are suffering, and Jewish people have a long history of oppression. We still have some responsibility for that, but I think it's important to draw a firm distinction between the policies of Israel, as a state, and Jewish people. That's kind of a no-brainer, but there is very strong pressure to conflate the two.

Even if I were in charge of making policy,' Zachariah said, 'I'd take the same course Dr Tamaguchi has.

As stated above, America will eventually have to abandon its Asian bases. Its forward deployment policy will be at an end.

Left-wing policies don't stop the rich from being rich, they stop the non-rich from getting rich.

I don't hold wi' rape, and we've not the time for it, anyway." I was pleased to hear this statement of policy, dubious as its moral underpinning might be

I don't hold wi' rape, and we've not the time for it, anyway." I was pleased to hear this statement of policy

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

I had someone call me this morning telling me they had somebody who would only work a certain number of hours a week because if they worked too many hours a week, then they couldn't get their government assistance.

Austerity is, devastatingly, not a party political issue.

Let me put it very forcefully: No large economy has ever recovered from an economic downturn through austerity. It's not going to happen in the United States, and it's not going to happen in Europe.

I want to end austerity.

The best thing I can do for someone who's not in a job is get them in a job, and this government has had the greatest success of any government at getting Australians into work.

In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics.

We will seek... to set up an automatic, obligatory system to redistribute asylum-seekers.

I know the automakers are important to the United States. We care about the automobile industry.

To be clear, any abortion that takes place is one too many. But if it has to take place, then I think it should be available, and it should be available in a safe way.

The issues that most impact the average person are made at the local level.