“Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.” FirstsStatesUnitedUnited StatesPolicyTasksLet MeThreatForeign PolicyAmerican Foreign Policy Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“I guess the big thing is that I don't buy anything first-hand. It's a personal policy I have for all sorts of reasons. If you research to the textile industry yourself, you'll know why. I came to it personally.” IfsKnowsFirstsReasonHandsBigsPolicyIndustryResearchBig ThingsTextiles Author:Ezra Miller
“I have never allowed anti-Russian rhetoric in Ukrainian policy toward such a strategic partner like Russia. This is the first point. I never went against the interests of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people.” PeopleFirstsStatesInterestPolicyPartnersRussiaRhetoricStrategicUkrainian Author:Viktor Yanukovych
“In 1977, when I started my first job at the Federal Reserve Board as a staff economist in the Division of International Finance, it was an article of faith in central banking that secrecy about monetary policy decisions was the best policy: Central banks, as a rule, did not discuss these decisions, let alone their future policy intentions.” FirstsJobsDecisionPolicyIntentionInternationalFinanceBoardsDivisionArticlesReservesStaffEconomistBankingSecrecyMonetaryFederal ReserveCentral BanksMonetary PolicyCentral Banking Author:Janet Yellen
“The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.” MenFirstsFormInterestPolicyImportanceHobbiesCultivation Book:A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill Source: A Man of Destiny: Winston S. Churchill
“The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies.” IfsFirstsDoeImportantValuesInterestSharePolicyEuropeEndureDisagreeAlliances Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe.” WorldFirstsTwoImportantDoneLiteratureMoralDemocracyPolicyImportant ThingsAffairInternationalClarityLinksGlobesWorld Affairs Author:Natan Sharansky