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“I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn't do anything academically around the arts.”

Art Government Policy Majors Environmental Attorney Dartmouth Environmental Policy

Author:Aisha Tyler

“Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.”

Ifs Doe Kids Action Asks Responsibility Teaching Policy Tough Consequence Curiosity Teaching Kids Tough Questions

Author:George Tenet

“It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.”

Sometimes States Reason Done Government Clear Policy Program Bases Locals Fund Grants Temporary Federal Government Salary

Author:Jim Talent

“This economy is not getting better and the president's policies are the reason.”

Reason President Economy Policy Get Better

Author:Jim Talent

“I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price.”

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Author:Malcolm Turnbull

“I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.”

Trying Wells Hard Talking Issues Policy Speech Hats Bubbles Not Talking

Author:Malcolm Turnbull

“I support an all of the above energy policy, so that's not only just Keystone, that's not only just drilling, that's clean coal, that's safe nuclear.”

Energy Support Policy Safe Clean Nuclear Coal Drilling Keystones Energy Policy

Author:Fred Upton

“On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do.”

Should Hands Economic Policy Fairs Argument Raises Rate Faster Not Fair Tuition

Author:Charles M. Vest

“I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy.”

Want Years Next Clear Four Policy Members Relation Administration Four Years Foreign Policy Committees Candor Bipartisan Foreign Relations

Author:George Voinovich

“Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.”

Hands Literature Policy Tvs Politician Newspapers Locals Stations

Author:Bob Woodward

“Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.”

Country Problem Decision Results Growing Policy Income Inequality Executives Receiving Distribution Incentives Compensation Implications Executive Compensation Income Distribution

Author:Barney Frank

“The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.”

Humans Helping Decision Views Policy Arise Human Life Realistic Public Policy Devising Personal Decisions

Book:The Pony Fish's Glow: And Other Clues To Plan And Purpose In Nature

Source: The Pony Fish's Glow: And Other Clues To Plan And Purpose In Nature

“The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work.”

Growth Policy Spending Restraint

Author:Zach Wamp

“People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.”

People Want Persons Young Honest Honesty Policy Advise Honesty Is The Best Policy Honest Person

Author:Ma Ying-jeou

“I don't want to be creating new foreign policy for - for my country or in any way to distance myself in the foreign policy of - of our nation, but we respect the right of a nation to defend itself.”

Way Want Country Nations Policy Creating Distance Foreign Policy Distance Myself

Author:Mitt Romney

“While I'm on foreign soil, I - I just don't feel that I should be speaking about differences with regards to myself and President Obama on foreign policy, either foreign policy of the past, or for foreign policy prescriptions.”

Feels Should Past President Differences Policy Regard Soil President Obama Foreign Policy Prescriptions

Author:Mitt Romney

“I would say that foreign policy is a place where intelligence, resolve, clarity, and confidence in cause, is of extraordinary importance.”

Causes Policy Importance Extraordinary Clarity Resolve Foreign Policy

Author:Mitt Romney

“Ronald Reagan was one of our great foreign policy Presidents. He did not come from the Senate. He did not come from the foreign policy world. He was a governor, but his resolve, his clarity of purpose, his intelligence, his capacity to deal with complex issues and solve tough problems served him extremely well, and if I were elected President, I hope I could rely upon those same qualities.”

“What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party.”

Care Party Issues Policy Identity Democratic Mere Debate Health Care Stakes Democratic Party

Author:Thomas Frank

“A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our present policies.”

Values Causes Justice Policy Revolution Fairness Indignation Peace And Justice Militarism Breaking Silence Righteous Indignation

Book:In a Single Garment of Destiny

Source: In a Single Garment of Destiny

“We all have choices. We can build walls or we can build bridges. We can give our talents to creating weapons of annihilation, as so many scientists have done, or we can work to find solutions to humanities greatest problems. Our orientation is found not only in our acts, but also in the policies we support or oppose.”

“If we have George W. Bush as president, we're going to go back to the kind of policies we had when his father and Ronald Reagan were president.”

Ifs Kind Father President Policy

Author:Al Franken

“Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.”

May Children Lasts Young Parent Decision Support Week Policy Immigration Enthusiasm Immigrants Voters Hispanic Immigration Policy

Author:Mara Liasson

“Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.”

World Government School Steps Careers Policy Television Fellows Presses Corporate Publishing Harvard Public Policy

Book:Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

Source: Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

“I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.”

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Author:Al Franken

“The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.”

Important Book Reason Political Policy Radio Satire Public Policy Political Satire

Author:Al Franken

“Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.”

Doe Policy Discrimination Public Policy Racial Discrimination

Author:Trent Lott

“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.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Reason Hands Bigs Policy Industry Research Big Things Textiles

Author:Ezra Miller

“Through basic science literacy, people can understand the policy choices we need to be making. Scientists are not necessarily the greatest communicators, but science and communication is one of the fundamentals we need to address. People are interested.”

People Needs Choices Policy Communication Scientist Fundamentals Addresses Literacy Communicators Science Literacy

Author:James Murdoch

“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.”

People Firsts States Interest Policy Partners Russia Rhetoric Strategic Ukrainian

Author:Viktor Yanukovych

“Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good.”

People Helping Community Poverty Policy Essentials Lifts Empowering Activist Advancing Marginalized

Author:Michael Franti

“I must confess the activities of the UK governments for the past couple of years have been watched with frank admiration and amazement by Lord Vetinari. Outright theft as a policy had never occurred to him.”

Years Has Beens Government Past Lord Policy Couple Activity Admiration Frank Theft Amazement Vetinari

Author:Terry Pratchett

“The emergency problem of segregation and sterilization must be faced immediately. Every feeble-minded girl or woman of the hereditary type, especially of the moron class, should be segregated during the reproductive periodwe prefer the policy of immediate sterilization, of making sure that parenthood is absolutely prohibited to the feeble-minded.”

Should Problem Girl Class Policy Type Parenthood Emergencies Segregation Moron Hereditary Sterilization

Author:Margaret Sanger

“Almost 30 years before Rwanda, before Darfur, more than 2 million people - mothers, children, babies, civilians - lost their lives as a result of the blatantly callous and unnecessary policies enacted by the leaders of the federal government of Nigeria. It's this charge that's dominated the book's Nigerian press, so far as I can see, the accusation, on the one hand, that Awolowo hatched "a diabolical policy to reduce the numbers of his enemies significantly through starvation - eliminating over two million people, mainly members of future generations.”

“Cities must urge urban planners and architects to reinforce pedestrianism as an integrated city policy to develop lively, safe, sustainable and healthy cities. It is equally urgent to strengthen the social function of city space as a meeting place that contributes toward the aims of social sustainability and an open and democratic society.”

Social Space Cities Policy Healthy Safe Function Aim Democratic Meetings Urges Architect Sustainability Urban Urgent Lively Integrated Democratic Society Planners

Book:Cities for People

Source: Cities for People

“Our policy is not to discourage the private sector, but to see that Air India plays the role of flagship in the industry. In the transport sector, Air India is the 'fate of India' and all efforts will be made to restore its past glory.”

Made Play Past Effort Roles Fate Air Policy Industry Glory India Discouraging Transport Private Sector

Author:Vayalar Ravi

“Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.”

Children Belief Sex Levels Path Policy Satan Faith In God Partnership Pursued Degradation

Author:Vladimir Putin

“I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering public opinion that reaches a critical mass and brings about a change not only in White House policies but in the Congress and in the state legislatures and all around the world.”

“There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year.”

Years Policy Victory Commit Foreign Policy Shortcuts

Author:Richard Lugar

“The Saudis and Emiratis blame all of this on Iran. I think they’d have to grant, that as has been said, that the Houthis are an internally generated movement in Yemen and the Saudis were supposed to be dealing with the Houthis, who started out in essence along their border. So one of the things that we’re seeing is a complete failure of Saudi policy toward Yemen over the past 10 years, but the Saudis totally believe that the reason the Houthis are able to succeed militarily is the amount of money, advice, and guns they are receiving from Iran.”

Thinking Years Believe Has Beens Said Reason Able Past Seeing Advice Policy Movement Amount Succeed Gun Essence Blame Supposed To Be Borders Iran Grants Receiving Over The Past Saudis Yemen

Author:Elliott Abrams

“Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we’re familiar with under King Abdullah.”

“An intellectual may be interested in ideas and policies for their own sake, but a politician's interest is exclusively in the question of whether an idea's time has come.”

May Ideas Interest Policy Politician Intellectual Sake

Author:Michael Ignatieff

“To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target.”

Running Wise Policy Target Inflation Humane

Author:Janet Yellen

“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.”

“Firms don't just try to pay as little as possible to get the needed bodies on board; when there is unemployment, they ask themselves how wage cuts would affect the behavior of the employees. Would they quit or feel dissatisfied and work less hard on the firm's behalf if they feel that wage policies are unfair?”

Ifs Feels Trying Littles Hard Body Asks Pay Cutting Policy Needed Behavior Quitting Firm Boards Employee Unfair Unemployment Behalf Dissatisfied

Author:Janet Yellen

“My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's goal variables - output, employment, and inflation.”

Should House Goal Lines Policy Bottom Employment Rising Assets Inflation Bottom Line Monetary Variables Output Central Banks Monetary Policy Rising Prices

Author:Janet Yellen

“A snarky but accurate description of monetary policy over the past five years is that the Federal Reserve successfully replaced the technology bubble with a housing bubble”

Years Past Technology Five Policy Five Years Description Bubbles Accurate Reserves Replaced Housing Over The Past Monetary Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Housing Bubble

Author:Paul Krugman

“There is a thought that poverty is a public policy failure; poverty is man-made by action and non-action: poverty can be eliminated.”

Men Made Action Poverty Policy Public Policy

Author:Benjamin Mkapa

“The House of Representatives was not designed to sit idly by and rubberstamp every piece of legislation sent their way by the Senate, especially legislation passed on a straight party line vote under the spurious policy of reconciliation.”

Way House Lines Party Pieces Policy Vote Senate Representatives Legislation Reconciliation House Of Representatives

Author:Neal Boortz

“I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy.”

War Reading Novel Policy Grew Cold Grew Up Classic Soviet Foreign Policy Cold War Espionage Russian History

Author:Daniel Silva

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