“I am convinced that the public, large majority of the Greek people, realize that policies pursued in the past and the market practices have to be changed, in order to improve the prospects of the Greek economy. So there is, I think, strong public support despite the increases in social tensions.” PeopleThinkingPastOrderStrongSocialRealizingPracticeSupportEconomyPolicyChangedIncreaseMajorityConvincedDespiteGreekTensionPursuedProspects Author:Lucas Papademos
“While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.” WayLeaderPolicyChangedLimitsOne Way Author:Johann Lamont
“A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.” PolicyChangedTemporaryCreedsPursuedZealLiableApostolicGhana Book:Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
“I hate to make predictions, but I think the economy is going to be permanently changed for the worse. I think our foreign policy is going to lead to changes that will be definitely for the worse, particularly if we drift into a nuclear Iran, which I gather that's what the administration is doing.” IfsThinkingHateEconomyPolicyChangedI HateNuclearAdministrationIranForeign PolicyPredictionsNuclear Iran Author:Thomas Sowell
“I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I do well understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge, it is not my function to develop public policy.” BelieveWellsLawDifferencesStepsPolicyChangedJudgingFunctionPublic PolicyJudiciaryTimes Have Changed Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. [...] That opposition hasn't changed.” FactsPolicyChangedProudOppositionForeign PolicyStood UpUp Early Author:Barack Obama
“There are lots of other things that affect state growth besides state taxes. However, the reason I look at taxes is because these are policy variables that can be changed by state governments in order to get better results than they otherwise had.” LooksStatesReasonGovernmentOrderGrowthResultsPolicyChangedTaxesGet BetterVariablesState Government Author:Arthur Laffer
“We do need curriculum reform. And it should happen at the state and local level. That is where educational policy belongs, because if a parent is unhappy with what their child is being taught in school, they can go to that local school board or their state legislature, or their governor and get it changed.” IfsNeedsShouldChildrenStatesHappensSchoolParentLevelsPolicyChangedTaughtEducationalUnhappyLocalsReformBoardsGovernorsLegislatureCurriculumState LegislaturesSchool Board Author:Marco Rubio
“Even though it's important for all of us to change our light bulbs and the vehicles we drive, it's much more important to change our laws and policies. I drive a hybrid and we've changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps and most everything else. But putting the burden on individuals to solve this global crisis is ultimately not going to be the most effective way to solve it.” WayImportantLightLawIndividualPolicyChangedSourceWindowCrisisBurdenSolveHeatVehiclePumpsHybridBulbsLight BulbSolar PanelsGeothermal Author:Al Gore
“For decades, free nations tolerated oppression in the Middle East for the sake of stability. In practice, this approach brought little stability and much oppression, so I have changed this policy.” LittlesNationsPracticeMiddlePolicyChangedApproachSakeEastDecadesOppressionStabilityMiddle EastI Have Changed Author:George W. Bush
“The United States is pushing as policy division of the world into rival currency camps - the dollar area on the one hand, and the Russia-Chinese-Shanghai Cooperation Organization group on the other, especially now that the IMF has changed its rules. People think that if there are rival currency groupings and national currencies are going bust, we might as well use gold as a safe haven.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWellsStatesUseHandsMightUnitedUnited StatesGroupsHavensPolicyChangedSafeAreasGoldOrganizationDollarsRussiaChinesePushingDivisionCampsCooperationCurrencyRivalsSafe HavenShanghaiImf Author:Michael Hudson
“It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.” GivingSaidStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesPolicyChangedOfficeGiving UpWeaponsMassDestructionBillsClintonCongressRegimesSaddamNot Giving UpHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionPresident Bill Clinton Author:Colin Powell
“We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore that compels him to cooperate. If he cooperates, then the basis of changed regime policy has shifted because his regime has, in fact, changed its policy to one of cooperation. So if he cooperates, then that is different than if he does not cooperate.” IfsBelieveDoeDifferentWarFactsPolicyChangedBasesThreatAppropriateCooperationRegimesSaddamHussein Author:Colin Powell
“The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy - is that the regime should be changed until such time as he demonstrates that it is not necessary to change the regime because the regime has changed itself.” ShouldPolicyChangedBurdenRegimesSaddamHussein Author:Colin Powell
“In the first place, I don`t think [Donald] Trump has changed that much from what em. I never took him serious highway this [immigration policy].” ThinkingFirstsPolicyChangedSeriousTrumpImmigrationEmsHighwaysImmigration Policy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was really one of the - whose name is impossible to pronounce - who was really one of the architects of this very aggressive American interventionist foreign policy, you know, really stand up to Russia, challenge them, not only Russia but China. He's changed his tune now and is basically advocating for a much more diplomatic and collaborative approach to the other power centers of the world that are just kind of moving on without us right now.” KnowsWorldKindMovingNamesChallengesImpossiblePolicyChangedRight NowApproachChinaRussiaTunesAggressiveArchitectForeign PolicyDiplomaticAdvocatingCenter Of The World Author:Jill Stein
“As I say the UK's position on the issue of torture and the use of torture has not changed. Our policy is the same as it has been. We condemn torture.” Has BeensUseIssuesPolicyPositionChangedTorture Author:Theresa May
“Earlier the world was bi polar. Foreign policy would be centered around two super powers. India was a little late in realizing that this bi polar situation was for namesake. Now the entire world, in changed circumstances, especially in 21st century, it is more interdependent and inter connected, earlier, the foreign policy was possible between governments, but today it is not possible just between governments. Government relations are important but increasing people to people contact is equally important. There's been a shift in paradigm.” PeopleWorldLittlesTwoImportantGovernmentWould BeTodayRealizingSituationCenturyPolicyChangedCircumstancesLateIndiaRelationConnectedContactForeign Policy21st CenturyParadigmSuper PowerNamesake Author:Narendra Modi
“My idea of what was going on in politics was driven by activism. I came out when I was 17, and right away I started working in the AIDS activist movement. For me, politics was about getting drugs approved and getting prisoners access to the same kind of drugs that you could get on the outside. It was about getting needle exchanges approved. That was politics. These were policy problems that were killing people, and we were trying to get them changed.” PeopleTryingKindIdeasProblemPolicyMovementChangedDrugKillingDrivenActivismAidsAccessActivistPrisonerNeedlesApproved Author:Rachel Maddow