“In my time in the U.S. Senate, I tried to craft an energy policy... I will be part of President Obama's efforts to achieve energy independence and enhance the landscape. I am also part of his reform agenda.” EnergyPresidentEffortAchievePolicyIndependenceCraftsReformLandscapeMy TimeAgendasPresident ObamaSenateEnergy PolicyEnergy Independence Author:Ken Salazar
“The people have said yes to change and reform. The majority of the Palestinians have said yes to the slogan, 'Islam is the solution.' The people also voted in favor of our policy of resistance and against the occupation. Our policy is designed to defend Jerusalem, achieve the right of return for all refugees and the release of our prisoners.” PeopleSaidAchievePolicyReturnSolutionsMajorityIslamFavorsResistanceReleaseReformOccupationPrisonerPalestinianRefugeeSlogansJerusalem Author:Ismail Haniyeh
“Achieving climate security must be the core of foreign policy. All of us have to pick up the pace.” AchieveSecurityPolicyPicksClimateCorePaceForeign Policy Author:Margaret Beckett
“It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on the way. Legislation has been proposed to create a US Department of Peace. In the propsed Department of Peace it would organize our present system into one conscious effort to improve humanity in achieving peace, where true safety lies.” WayHas BeensHelpingLyingHumanityForceEffortClearAchieveMilitaryPolicySafeConsciousSafetyDepartmentOrganizeLegislationInsufficientMilitary ForceAchieving PeacePreemption Author:Walter Cronkite
“Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.” HelpingSportsChanceAchieveEventsPolicyContinentsSporting Events Author:Richard Attias
“Neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with equal protection when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they are women, full citizenship stature - equal opportunity to aspire, achieve, participate in and contribute to society based on their individual talents and capacities.” StatesGovernmentLawOpportunityIndividualAchieveTalentPolicyEqualCapacityDenyProtectionOfficialsAspireCitizenshipStatureState GovernmentEqual OpportunityEqual ProtectionIndividual Talent Book:My Own Words Source: My Own Words
“Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.” TryingBelieveRealWisdomRealityTodayOpportunityPoliticsI BelievePresidentCommunityChallengesLeadershipDifferencesJusticeResponsibilityHistoryTechnologyViolenceGenerationsAchievePolicyConflictWeaponsSpringSolutionsEthicsProgramTestsStrategyUnityProfoundHuman RightsNuclearPeacefulIdeologyChiefsIranResolveForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsDiplomacyCivilityCommandersComprehensiveSettlementObtainingCommander In ChiefArab Spring Author:Barack Obama
“A corporation is simply a form of organization used by human beings to achieve desired ends... Protecting the free-exercise rights of corporations like Hobby Lobby, Conestoga, and Mardel protects the religious liberty of the humans who own and control those companies.” HumansEndsRealityFormUsedReligionPoliticsChurchReligiousHuman BeingsCompanyLibertyRightsAchievePolicyExerciseProtectOrganizationSeparationIdeologyCorporationsHobbiesChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateReligious Liberty Author:Samuel Alito
“In order to achieve optimal economic growth, Congress must adhere to sane spending guidelines while promoting smart policies devoted to growing businesses and creating jobs.” JobsOrderGrowthGrowingEconomicAchievePolicyCreatingSmartCongressSpendingSaneDevotedPromotingEconomic GrowthGuidelinesOptimalCreating JobsGrowing Business Author:Michael Steele
“Genocide involves the attempt to achieve the disappearance of a group by whatever means. It does not have to be violent, it could be a combination of policies that would lead to a certain group dying out.” MeanDoeCertainGroupsAchieveDyingPolicyViolentCombinationGenocideDisappearance Author:Malcolm Fraser
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist while still achieving milestones and outcomes as required by certain funders and policy-makers.” ChildrenStillsProblemArtistCertainAchievePolicyOutcomesMakersMilestonePolicy Makers Author:Pablo Picasso
“How about we get rid of separate bathrooms for boys and girls? Gays and straights share the bathroom with zero issues. We need to put an end to the sexist pooping policies of yesterday. The only way to achieve gender equality is to start crapping in front of each other.” WayNeedsEndsGirlBoysIssuesShareAchieveFrontsPolicyGayGenderYesterdayZeroBathroomGender EqualitySexistBoy And Girl Author:Daniel Tosh
“I think today's young women are an especially powerful breed. They will be taking on even greater challenges, which is why achieving personal empowerment is so important for them. These women are going to be holding positions of significant authority, owning more businesses, and shaping public policy.” ThinkingImportantTodayYoungChallengesPowerfulGreaterAchievePolicyPositionAuthorityEmpowermentSignificantYoung WomenPublic PolicyPersonal Empowerment Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“I was much more of a naïve techno-optimist than I am now. I still believe that technology can help us come out of this situation with a richer humanity with less impact on the planet, but now I think it has to be paired with effective policy in order to achieve that.” ThinkingBelieveStillsHelpingHumanityOrderSituationTechnologyAchievePolicyPlanetsImpactOptimistI Still BelieveTechno Author:Ramez Naam
“Things like Kitchen Cabinet, I'm not sure they necessarily tell the Australian people whether you have judgement, whether you have discernment, whether you have intellectual acuity, whether you are able to develop policy, whether you are able to represent individual cases to the highest levels of government successfully and in a manner that actually achieves outcomes.” PeopleGovernmentAbleIndividualLevelsCasesAchievePolicyHighestIntellectualJudgementOutcomesNot SureKitchenDiscernmentAustralianCabinets Author:Eric Abetz
“Now, thanks to President [Barack] Obama and the policies of Democrats when we have been able to achieve 73 straight months of sustained growth in the private sector. The longest it has been in American history.” Has BeensAbleGrowthPresidentAchievePolicyMonthsDemocratThanksBarackAmerican HistoryPrivate SectorPresident Barack Obama Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“The biggest issue for me is whether large numbers of Americans can begin to think that government can actually help make the country a fairer place. And that's partly a matter of policies that achieve results in terms of reducing inequality and raising middle-class and working-class incomes, which have been flat for decades. But it's also symbolic and rhetorical, it's whether Hillary Clinton can - or whoever's president - can persuade Americans that it's happening and that they can begin to trust their elected officials a little bit more and their institutions of government a little bit more.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensCountryMatterHelpingGovernmentBitsPresidentTermResultsNumbersClassIssuesMiddleAchievePolicyLittle BitHappeningsInstitutionsClintonDecadesIncomeInequalityOfficialsMiddle ClassFlatsWorking ClassReducingSymbolicLarge NumbersRhetoricalElected Officials Author:George Packer
“Any good teacher should become acquainted with relevant technologies. But the technologies should not dictate an education goal. Rather, the teacher (or parent or student or policy maker) should ask: can technology help to achieve this goal, and which technologies are most likely to be helpful?” ShouldHelpingAsksParentGoalTechnologyTeacherAchievePolicyStudentsHelpfulMakersRelevantGood TeacherPolicy Makers Author:Howard Gardner
“I get letters from [people getting insurance] right now. "You saved my child's life." "I did not have to sell my home when my wife got sick." And that is what, as a policy maker, I'm trying to achieve during the short period of time that I'm here.” PeopleTryingChildrenHomeWifeAchievePolicyPeriodsRight NowLettersSickSellsMy WifeSavedMy ChildrenMakersPolicy Makers Author:Barack Obama
“Already there exists a growing international concern that Israel has become "an apartheid state" pursuing policies manifesting a "settler colonial" mentality. Such perceptions pose a challenge to postcolonial international society that will not be indefinitely ignored, especially if Palestinians achieve greater unity and tactical focus.” IfsStatesChallengesGreaterFocusGrowingAchievePolicyPerceptionConcernUnityInternationalIsraelManifestMentalityPalestinianIgnoredApartheidTacticalSettlers Author:Richard A. Falk
“Realism is important in foreign policy. You have to be realistic about what you can achieve, and about the pitfalls, and problems along the way, of which there are plenty. Nothing is easy. It's always rough.” WayImportantProblemEasyAchievePolicyPlentyRoughRealisticForeign PolicyRealismPitfallsNothing Is Easy Author:Daniel Fried
“If you sit down and you look at the policies, and analyze where the administration's going and what they seem to be dedicated to trying to achieve, I think a lot of Americans, myself included, certainly, have major questions about that, or major views that don't think those are the proper courses of action that we ought to be following.” ThinkingTryingActionAchievePolicyDedicated Author:Sean Hannity
“If your policy is immigration, you're gonna have a finite number, and you want the best people you can get. It's no different than when you're hiring for a company. It's no different than when you're assembling a group that has a task that you want to achieve. You want the best people. This is considered discriminatory by these idiots on the left, in the Democrat Party and the media. I do mean to use the word "idiot." I know it's a combination of many things.” PeopleMeanDifferentPartyAchievePolicyDemocratImmigrationIdiotHiring Author:Rush Limbaugh