“I think we are only going to get it by standing up and voting our values, understanding that the lesser evil doesn't solve the problem. It just prolongs the problem and it paves the way to the greater evil. That the policies of the Clintons, the Wall Street deregulation and NAFTA, created the economic misery that becomes very fertile territory for demagogues like Donald Trump.” ThinkingWayProblemValuesEvilUnderstandingGreaterEconomicStreetsPolicyWallTrumpStandingMiseryClintonSolveVotingTerritoryFertileLesser EvilDeregulationNafta Author:Jill Stein
“Neoliberalism, arguably, sets the course for this kind for this kind of neo-extremism, this right-wing extremism that we are facing. The only way we solve that crisis, the rise of the right-wing extreme, is by truly progressive policies that address this crisis of economic security. That will not come from the lesser evil.” WayKindCoursesEvilEconomicSecurityPolicyCrisisWingsExtremesSolveAddressesProgressiveExtremismRight WingNeoliberalismLesser EvilEconomic Security Author:Jill Stein
“It was shameful that, after Haiti, Colombia was the second most unequal country in Latin America. But we've achieved some things; the inequality is coming down, and coming down fast. The growing economy has provided us with the funds to finance a very progressive social policy that has reduced extreme poverty. We have the lowest inflation rate of all Latin-America countries and the highest growth rate.” CountryAmericaSocialGrowthPovertyEconomyGrowingPolicyHighestDown AndRateExtremesFinanceInequalityFundLatinProgressiveLowestInflationShamefulLatin AmericaHaitiColombiaExtreme PovertySocial PolicyGrowing Economy Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“Donald Trump's laid out a plan to end illegal immigration once and for all in America. We've been talking it to death for 20 years. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want to continue the policies of open borders, amnesty, catch and release, sanctuary cities, all the things that are driving wages down in this country.” WantYearsEndsCountryAmericaCitiesTalkingPlansPolicyTrumpClintonDrivingImmigrationReleaseBordersIllegalWagesSanctuaryIllegal ImmigrationAmnesty Author:Mike Pence
“There's an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates and the truth of the matter is the weak and feckless policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has awakened an aggression in Russia that first appeared few years ago with their move in Georgia, now their move into Crimea, now their move into the wider Middle East and all the while, all we do is fold our arms and say we're not having talks anymore.” YearsFirstsMatterMovingDiesMiddlePolicyArmsBearsYears AgoWeakClintonEastRussiaBarackMiddle EastAggressionFoldsAwakenedGeorgiaCrimeaFecklessOld Proverb Author:Mike Pence
“We need an effective American diplomacy that will marshall the resources of nations in the Asian Pacific Rim to put pressure on North Korea, on Kim Jong-un, to abandon his nuclear ambitions. It has to remain the policy of the United States of America, the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, plain and simple.” NeedsStatesAmericaNationsSimpleUnitedUnited StatesPolicyAmbitionResourcesPressureNuclearAbandonUnited States Of AmericaDiplomacyAsianKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanPacificKimRimsPlain And SimplePeninsulas Author:Mike Pence
“We're in a mess in America, and it's because of what you think. We're in a mess because of your party. We're in a mess, Mrs. Clinton, because you've been there. You were responsible for this economy. You're responsible our foreign policy. You're responsible for the massive illegal immigration.” ThinkingAmericaPartyEconomyPolicyResponsibleClintonImmigrationMessIllegalMassiveForeign PolicyIllegal Immigration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Everybody thinks America's headed the wrong direction. There's a reason for it. We're where we are because of policies implemented by Obama Barack Obama and the Democrat Party.” ThinkingReasonAmericaPartyPolicyDemocratBarackWrong Direction Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My policy has always been to play new music. New beat, industrial, techno, disco, funk, rare groove and house music.” PlayHousePolicyBeatsGrooveNew MusicDiscoFunkTechnoHouse Music Author:Eddy de Clercq
“Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.” UsedPolicyImmigrationUsed To BeHomogeneousImmigration PolicyAlberta Author:Jason Kenney
“I am so profoundly aware of my lack of skill to make any material difference. I am not a doctor. I can't influence foreign policy. I can't build schools. I can't chemically engineer the protein paste that helps people with acute malnutrition. But I can talk about it, and so can you.” PeopleI CanHelpingSchoolDifferencesInfluencePolicyMaterialsSkillsDoctorsForeign PolicyEngineersProteinMalnutrition Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I am not taking a position on any policy, but I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even anger in America over the feeling that the game is rigged. And I never had that feeling when I was growing up. Never.” ThinkingFeelingsAmericaGamesGrowing UpGrowingPolicyPositionAnxietyRigged Author:Hillary Clinton
“Let's face it, the U.S. government is woefully, woefully behind in all of its policies that affect the use of technology.” UseGovernmentFacesBehindsTechnologyPolicyUse Of Technology Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think the cloud of suspicion has been hanging over baseball for a while. I think there has been some positive things that have come out of that. There has been a drug test policy that was been implemented that got the blessings of both the Players Association and MLB. They are trying to maintain the integrity of this sport and trying to get it back, but that cloud I think will hang over a little longer.” ThinkingTryingLittlesHas BeensSportsPlayerPolicyIntegrityBlessingDrugTestsBaseballCloudsAssociationSuspicionPositive ThingsMlbHang Over Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“What was really great with Eleanor Roosevelt - I mean, of course, we all have this stereotypical, really satirical almost, version of how she speaks. What was really interesting to me was I found various radio and TV appearances of hers, but there was one talk show that I saw her on; she was the only woman, it was all men. They were talking about policy - I think it was after she was First Lady. I think it was more in the U.N. days.” ThinkingMenFirstsMeanShowsCoursesFoundSpeakInterestingTalkingSawsPolicyTvsRadioVariousAppearanceVersionsReally GreatReally InterestingSatiricalFirst LadyTalk ShowsEleanor Author:Cynthia Nixon
“With prior Republican nominees for president, I disagreed with them on politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald Trump is different.” DifferentPresidentPrinciplesPolicyTrumpRepublican Author:Hillary Clinton
“I have a comprehensive energy policy, but it really does include fighting climate change, because I think that is a serious problem.” ThinkingDoeProblemFightingEnergyPolicySeriousClimateClimate ChangeComprehensiveEnergy Policy Author:Hillary Clinton
“I saw in the Nineties that we were increasing police power with get tough policies and 3 strikes laws, but without additional oversights.” LawSawsPolicyToughPoliceStrikesOversightPolice Power Author:Van Jones
“There are 80,000 jobs in the wind energy industry right now. And you can quadruple that number, if you have the right policy in place to promote clean energy.” IfsJobsEnergyNumbersPolicyWindIndustryRight NowCleanClean EnergyWind EnergyEnergy Industry Author:Van Jones
“I just don't think it's good public policy to tax fuel. It's kind of silly. It stops people from traveling and actually costs the economy more money than what you gain in the taxes.” PeopleThinkingKindEconomyPolicyCostTaxesGainsSillyFuelMore MoneyPublic Policy Author:David Neeleman
“As regards Hillary C;inton's foreign policy actions and the powerful vested interests she seems gleefully beholden to, including all the biggest players in the military-industrial complex, I feel that she would be no better an actor on the world stage than Trump and whatever coalition of managers he might cobble together.” WorldFeelsSeemsMightWould BeActionTogetherActorsInterestPowerfulPlayerStageMilitaryPolicyTrumpRegardComplexesIncludingManagersForeign PolicyCoalitionsVested InterestsMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Viggo Mortensen
“When economic structures and policies allow people to have access to capital, it releases a host of productivity that could humanize many bringing a greater flourishing to our society to the glory of God.” PeopleGreaterEconomicPolicyGloryStructureAccessProductivityReleaseOur SocietyHostGlory Of GodFlourishing Author:David Kim
“If you have a flat, fixed view of state interest then it is difficult to understand why some states adopt aggressive climate change policies, even when that risks economically disadvantaging them, and other states do not even when it would be in their economic interests to do so.” IfsStatesWould BeDifficultInterestViewsRiskEconomicPolicyClimateClimate ChangeFixedFlatsAggressive Author:Dale Jamieson
“If you look globally you see a patchwork of jurisdictions (nations, states, provinces, cities) that have taken aggressive action on climate change, and a patchwork of jurisdictions that have not. These various policies reflect the politics of each jurisdiction and the values of its citizens.” IfsLooksStatesActionValuesNationsCitiesTakenPolicyCitizensClimateClimate ChangeVariousAggressiveProvincesJurisdictionPatchwork Author:Dale Jamieson
“The Paris climate conference in December, 2015 was a recognition that countries bring their climate policies to international meetings rather than create them during the negotiations (much less do they receive orders from the international community and then go home and implement them).” CountryHomeOrderCommunityPolicyMeetingsClimateInternationalRecognitionParisNegotiationConferencesDecemberInternational Community Author:Dale Jamieson
“Republican voters are fed up with Democrats and Democrat policy.” PolicyRepublicanDemocratFedsVotersFed Up Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Republican voters and people all over this country are fed up with what Democrat leftist policies are doing to this country, and they want it stopped, and the only agency that can stop it has been the Republican Party, and they have refused to!” PeopleWantHas BeensCountryPartyPolicyRepublicanDemocratAgencyFedsVotersRepublican PartyFed UpLeftists Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I would not waste five years of my life in order to send to the Israeli readers a simple message such as, "Let us change a policy or stop the settlements," Or, "Let us strive for peace." This is not what it is about.” YearsOrderSimpleFivePolicyReaderWasteMessagesStriveFive YearsIsraeliSettlement Author:Amos Oz
“U.S. foreign policy is in every area impacted by ethnic groups of one sort or another as well as economic groups and regional groups.” WellsGroupsEconomicPolicyAreasForeign PolicyEthnic Groups Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“There has been an Irish lobby that has impacted U.S. foreign policy for a century and a half, and at times made our relations with Great Britain very difficult. Other comparable lobbies exist.” Has BeensMadeDifficultHalfCenturyPolicyRelationBritainForeign PolicyGreat Britain Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“I think in theory, the United States finds it much easier to deal with situations where there is a leading country. You can go to the leaders of that country and say, for example, to India, "There are all these problems in Bangladesh, we really have to do something about it, what do you suggest we can do to work out a common policy?" But when you don't have the equivalent of India, you have to go capital to capital trying to put together a coalition, which is extraordinarily difficult, especially in the Arab world, because of the historic rivalries and branches of Islam.” ThinkingWorldTryingCountryStatesProblemTogetherDifficultCan DoUnitedDealsCommonSituationLeaderUnited StatesPolicyExampleTheoryEasierIndiaIslamWork OutBranchesHistoricCoalitionsRivalryBangladeshArab World Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“We need to give the private sector many more powerful incentives to do research and development, to bring ideas and new discoveries to market in Canada, and commercialize them here, and stay here through successive stages of growth. But they can only do it with better government policies that give them more powerful incentive.” NeedsGivingIdeasGovernmentGrowthPowerfulStagePolicyDevelopmentResearchDiscoveryCanadaIncentivesPrivate SectorResearch And DevelopmentNew DiscoveriesGovernment Policy Author:Chris Alexander
“I think we have to be very sensitive to our need to compete, moving forward, and a lot of that is tied to tax policy.” ThinkingNeedsMovingPolicyTaxesMoving ForwardSensitiveTied Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.
“In a day and age of global competition and instantaneous financial flows, you have to be highly sensitive to the way in which tax policy impacts your overall competitiveness as a country.” WayCountryAgePolicyTaxesFlowImpactCompetitionFinancialSensitiveCompetitivenessInstantaneous Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.
“I've been on a plane before with more money in jewelry than my life insurance policy, and it's one of the scariest feelings in the world... if you lose it, you have to pay for it yourself, and you don't even get to keep it!” IfsWorldFeelingsLosesPayPolicyPlanesMore MoneyJewelryInsurance PolicyLife Insurance Policy Author:Rumer Willis
“Cases of genocide carried out as policy may be found in historical documents as well as in the oral histories of Indigenous communities.” WellsMayFoundCommunityCasesPolicyHistoricalGenocideDocumentsIndigenousOral History Author:Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
“[Donald Trump] said it`s against affordable health care for poor people and will not fight to raise wages for working poor people, that`s pushing all of them in terms of policy.” PeopleSaidCareFightingTermPoorPolicyTrumpRaisesHealth CarePushingWagesPoor PeopleAffordableAffordable Health Care Author:Jesse Jackson
“His [Donald Trump] urban policy is stop and frisk, law and order. And we need investment and development.” NeedsLawOrderPolicyDevelopmentTrumpInvestmentUrbanLaw And OrderStop And Frisk Author:Jesse Jackson
“There are a number of things that came out of Donald Trump so-called policy speech at Gettysburg that most of the reporters were saying were real positive things.” RealNumbersPolicyTrumpSpeechReportersPositive ThingsGettysburg Author:Star Jones
“I am far more concerned about policies of the Democratic administration and Democratic Party that infringe on the rights of religious institutions and practices and open the door for using taxpayer dollars for abortions, to which many Americans have profound moral objections. Those are steps that would show a lack of respect for Catholics and their institutions.” ShowsReligiousPartyMoralStepsPracticeRightsDoorsPolicyConcernedCatholicInstitutionsDollarsDemocraticProfoundAdministrationAbortionDemocratic PartyTaxpayersObjectionsLack Of Respect Author:John I. Jenkins
“If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred bases, but who's counting, why we need to basically bring those troops home and why we need to stop this policy of regime change, these wars on terror, which only create more terror. This needs to be debated.” IfsWorldNeedsWarCountryProblemHomeForceTalkingCuttingMilitaryPolicyHundredBasesPoliceTerrorEightCampaignsDebateEndlessBudgetsRegimesTroopsExpandingCountingWar On TerrorOur TroopsPolice ForceRegime ChangeMilitary Budget Author:Jill Stein
“Bernie's campaign was very principled in most regards, I think, you know, he certainly didn't go far enough in questioning the military policy, the military-industrial complex, and so on, but you know I think that's the price you pay for being in the Democratic Party. And Bernie [Sanders] has to pay that price.” ThinkingKnowsEnoughPartyPayMilitaryPolicyRegardDemocraticComplexesCampaignsQuestioningDemocratic PartyMilitary Industrial ComplexPrincipled Author:Jill Stein
“You can see our media appearances as well as connect to Our Power to the People Agenda, Our Green New Deal, our plan to abolish student debt and our plan to actually create a whole new foreign policy based on international law and human rights.” PeopleHumansWellsWholeLawDealsRightsPlansMediaPolicyStudentsGreenInternationalHuman RightsAppearanceDebtAgendasForeign PolicyAbolishInternational LawNew Deal Author:Jill Stein
“You [Jill Stein] also believe in a full employment policy that was the majority Democratic Party policy in 1946. They actually passed a law to that effect. You want to end poverty and when people see how relatively easy it is to end poverty. And one way is to increase the minimum wage: catch up; it's been frozen for so many years.” PeopleWayWantYearsBelieveEndsLawEasyPartyPovertyEffectsPolicyIncreaseMajorityDemocraticEmploymentOne WayMinimumFrozenDemocratic PartyMinimum WageJill Stein Author:Ralph Nader
“I think most Americans are ready for waging peace and not just brutalizing our foreign policy which is boomeranging against us.” ThinkingPolicyReadyForeign Policy Author:Ralph Nader
“Even under the British there were hostile groups. There were clashes. But, as we found out later, these were clashes provoked by those who had no wish to let us live together - on the eve of the Partition. The policy of keeping us divided was always followed by foreigners, even after the Partition. If Indians and Pakistanis had been together...I don't say as confederated countries but as neighboring and friendly countries...like Italy and France, for example ...believe me, both of us would have progressed much further.” IfsBelieveCountryTogetherFoundWishGroupsPolicyExampleBritishFranceFriendlyDividedBelieve In MeHostileForeignersClashProvokedPartition Author:Indira Gandhi
“What does nonalignment mean? It means we don't belong to any military bloc and that we reserve the right to be friends with any country, independently of the influence of any country. All this has remained unchanged after the signing of the Indo-Soviet treaty, and others can say or think what they like - our policy won't change because of the Soviet Union.” ThinkingMeanDoeCountryInfluenceMilitaryPolicyUnionsSovietReservesSoviet UnionTreatiesSigning Author:Indira Gandhi
“The International Control Commission isn't doing anything, it's never done anything. What good does it do to be on it or not? Before opening the embassy in Hanoi, I gave it a lot of thought, but it wasn't really a painful decision. American policy in Vietnam is what it is, in Saigon the situation is anything but normal, and I'm happy to have done what I did.” DoeDoneDecisionSituationPolicyNormalInternationalPainfulOpeningVietnamEmbassySaigonHanoi Author:Indira Gandhi
“I always defended my father, as a child, and I think I'm still defending him - his policies at least. Oh, he wasn't at all a politician, in no sense of the word. He was sustained in his work only by a blind faith in India - he was preoccupied in such an obsessive way by the future of India. We understood each other.” ThinkingWayChildrenStillsFatherPolicyPoliticianUnderstoodIndiaBlindObsessiveBlind Faith Author:Indira Gandhi