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Quotes About Policy

Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose.
~ Michael Bloomberg
I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.
~ Scott Walker
The risk from terrorism remains acute and the private market cannot continue to operate without a government backstop.
~ Michael Oxley
If the government can't track illegals, then let's outsource the job to UPS or FedEx.
~ Mike Huckabee
I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.
~ Michael Moriarty
It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.
~ Mitt Romney
When government is... bailing out banks... we have every good reason to be alarmed.
~ Mitt Romney
Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.
~ Mohamed ElBaradei
Donald Trump represents and speaks for people who get nothing from government.
~ Rush Limbaugh
War is like government, a matter of tact.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
We do not run government on whims of an individual, our progress is reforms driven, our reforms are policy driven and our policies are people driven.
~ Narendra Modi
Under the British healthcare system, there is a commission that decides whether or not, based on your age and physical condition, the government should continue to pay for your health.
~ Nat Hentoff
Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular.
~ Thomas B. Macaulay
Last year I spoke about Clean India and open defecation, it was criticised then but that has been the main point with which the government has touched the lives of the people.
~ Narendra Modi
Government does not do ANYthing as well as the private sector does, and that includes educating your children.
~ Neal Boortz
Government should take management lesson from private sector.
~ Newt Gingrich
Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary to what the government had planned to do.
~ Nelson Mandela
A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.
~ P. Chidambaram
If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble.
~ Terry Pratchett
Creating investment, growing the economy and creating jobs is what this government wants to do.
~ Peter Gutwein
Jobs are a key essential in the Budget.They are government's number one priority and the Budget is going to reflect that.
~ Peter Gutwein
You're asking the government to control individual morality. This is a government that can't buy a toilet seat for under $600.
~ Peter McWilliams
Government needs to do two things: put a price on carbon and invest heavily in new technologies.
~ Van Jones