“The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system - at least not in the way that is claimed. The same is true of the roads, of course.” WayWholeGovernmentCoursesNaturalAirEconomicPolicyDevelopmentInfrastructureEconomic SystemsAir TravelGovernment Policy Author:Noam Chomsky
“Humans who see something different than them want to hate it and tear it down. Britain had a government policy that allowed prejudice to destroy someone's life, and today there is still homophobia at home and elsewhere, like Russia or Greece. It's still a relevant discussion. While women have it better than the 1940s or '50s, sexism is still prevalent.” WantHumansStillsDifferentHomeGovernmentTodayHatePolicyTearsPrejudiceRussiaDiscussionBritainSexismRelevantElsewhereGreeceHomophobiaGovernment Policy Author:Keira Knightley
“One of the problems with Marco's [Rubio] foreign policy is he has far too often supported Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama undermining governments in the Middle East that have helped radical Islamic terrorists.” ProblemGovernmentMiddlePolicyClintonEastTerroristRadicalBarackIslamicForeign PolicyMiddle EastMarcosUndermining Author:Ted Cruz
“Most companies want free enterprise in general because that produces better goods and services and makes people's lives better, but they don't want it in their business. They want protection from competition, they want subsidies, they want the government to pick winners and losers, and they want to be picked as winners, and that's what we're opposing, and that's what drives my whole efforts in policy, and in the political arena.” PeopleWantWholeGovernmentPoliticalEffortCompanyPolicyProducePicksCompetitionProtectionWinnerEnterpriseGoodsLoserArenaOpposingFree EnterpriseSubsidiesGoods And ServicesWinner And Loser Author:Charles Koch
“Friedrich Hayek, who died on March 23, 1992 at age 92, was arguably the greatest social scientist of the twentieth century. By the time of his death, his fundamental way of thought had supplanted the system of John Maynard Keynes - his chief intellectual rival of the century - in the battle since the 1930s for the minds of economists and the policies of governments.” WayMindGovernmentAgeSocialCenturyPolicyBattleIntellectualScientistDiedFundamentalsChiefsMarchEconomistRivalsTwentieth Century1930sHayekKeynesFriedrich Hayek Author:Julian Simon
“Arizona seeks only to enforce the nominal immigration policy of the United States. Perhaps the federal government should try it sometime.” ShouldTryingStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesPolicyImmigrationFederal GovernmentArizonaImmigration Policy Author:Rich Lowry
“Leftist big-government policies have been disastrous for black America just as they were in the countries that most Hispanics emigrated from. But like the gambling addict who keeps gambling the more he loses, those addicted to government entitlements keep increasing the size of the government even as their situation worsens.” Has BeensCountryBigsGovernmentAmericaBlackLosesSituationPolicySizeGamblingAddictEntitlementBig GovernmentLeftistsBlack AmericaGovernment Policy Author:Dennis Prager
“Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for misogyny. No one reduces the presidency to misogyny, although we've had misogynistic presidents. No one reduces our government to being solely homophobic, although we have a government with a don't ask, don't tell policy for gays and lesbians in the military.” GovernmentAsksBlackPresidentMilitaryPolicyGayRacismStandardsHip HopSexualitySettingSettingsHipsHopsRepresentationMisogynyPresidencyContributingHyperAmerican SocietyHomophobic Author:Bakari Kitwana
“President Ahmadinejad said that the Zionist state of Israel should no longer exist as a political entity. This has always been the policy of successive Iranian governments such as those of President Khatami and President Rafsanjani.” ShouldSaidStatesGovernmentPoliticalPresidentPolicyIsraelEntityIranianZionist Author:Mohammad Marandi
“In general, Iranians believe that all Palestinians have the right to return home and that there is no chosen people on this earth, whether Jewish, Muslim, Christian. Iran had the same policy towards apartheid South Africa and at the time when it was supporting and funding the ANC [African National Congress] among other groups in South Africa, these groups were also considered to be terrorist organizations by many western governments.” PeopleBelieveHomeGovernmentEarthChristianGroupsPolicyReturnOrganizationSouthWesternCongressTerroristChosenIranPalestinianSouth AfricaFundingApartheid Author:Mohammad Marandi
“Investors don't like uncertainty. The market is telling us that they need certainty, they need to see where the economy is heading. If the government is committed to continue the Open Door policy, they will need to come up with concrete policies and execution steps to increase confidence.” IfsNeedsGovernmentStepsEconomyDoorsPolicyIncreaseCome UpCommittedCertaintyUncertaintyInvestorsConcreteExecutionHeadings Author:Zhang Xin
“In China, I helped introduce UNEP's campaign to reduce food waste on World Environment Day. The government took notice of food waste issues and now, when you over-order in a restaurant, you are encouraged to downsize. This is where people can really impact policy and vice versa!” PeopleWorldGovernmentOrderIssuesEnvironmentPolicyWasteImpactVicesChinaCampaignsRestaurantsIntroducingVice VersaWorld EnvironmentFood Waste Author:Li Bingbing
“I'm passionate about caring for this planet. I'd like to bring awareness to ways that individuals can reduce their carbon footprints without waiting for governments to change things on a policy level.” WayGovernmentIndividualWaitingLevelsAwarenessPolicyPlanetsPassionateCaringCarbonFootprintCarbon Footprint Author:Laura Regan
“I've been doing lot of work, and hopefully will bring it to fruition in a way people can see it, really understanding - this is going to sound funny, but what does government really do, how is it really funded, and what measures exist to evaluate how it does at what it does? No forecast, no policy, no prediction, just a realistic perspective on what is. Call it like a "10k for government" we've been working on with a website, with additional data.” PeopleWayDoeGovernmentUnderstandingSoundPolicyPerspectiveHopefullyDataRealisticPredictionsWebsiteEvaluateForecastsFruition Author:Steve Ballmer
“On domestic policy, Donald Trump agreed with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the Wall Street bailout, the TARP bailout of big bank. I think the government ought to be standing with mainstream, with working men and women. And then you put on top of that the ethical issues, whether it is refusing to release his taxes. And that's a real problem.” ThinkingMenRealProblemBigsGovernmentIssuesStreetsPolicyWallOughtTrumpTaxesMen And WomenStandingClintonReleaseBarackEthicalMainstreamReal ProblemsWorking ManBailoutsDomestic PolicyEthical IssuesTarp Author:Ted Cruz
“That the policies - from energy to labor policies, trade policies, government policies relating to debt and deficits are all aligning in such a way that America, far from being one of the places people are running from, is a place people are going to come to and add jobs.” PeopleWayGovernmentRunningJobsAmericaEnergyPolicyLaborTradeAddDebtDeficitGovernment Policy Author:Mitt Romney
“Well, we're [USA] not looking for an ally; what we're looking for is a stable, democratic government that is not beholden to anyone in the region and is able to be secure within its own borders and have its own policy.” WellsGovernmentAblePolicyDemocraticSecureBordersUsaRegionsAlliesStableDemocratic Government Author:Joe Biden
“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
“Those policies - more taxes, more regulation, more debt, more spending, more government - will make American worse. It just will, in my view.” GovernmentViewsPolicyTaxesDebtSpendingRegulation Author:Jeff Sessions
“I didn't have a perfect model, but I wanted to try to blend my own personal reflections and experiences with this broader canvas to see how a lot of the narratives we have about economy and foreign policy got stuck. Because we have these categories of liberal, conservative, free marketer, open government - all these stereotypes about our politics and the categories we try to put things in are inadequate to this sort of complex, ambiguous, sometimes contradictory experience we have as ordinary people and that I have as an elected official.” PeopleTryingSometimesGovernmentWantedMy OwnPerfectEconomyPolicyModelsOrdinaryReflectionComplexesConservativeStuckNarrativeOfficialsCategoriesForeign PolicyCanvasStereotypeFree MarketOrdinary PeopleContradictoryInadequateAmbiguousMarketersElected Officials Author:Barack Obama
“We know that we have to have the right combinations of government policies and private sector energy and dynamism. Getting that balance right is what I know President Obama has tried to do, and at every turn he's been stopped.” KnowsGovernmentTurnsEnergyPresidentPolicyBalanceCombinationPresident ObamaPrivate SectorDynamismGovernment Policy Author:Hillary Clinton
“Those negatively affected by globalization, those who are losing their jobs, and losing their skills, people out of training, must be looked after. Governments must establish policies, and governments and companies must actually address that issue, so that those who lose out from globalization can be retrained, recycled, re-established, cared for.” PeopleGovernmentJobsLosesCompanyIssuesPolicySkillsLosingTrainingAddressesAffectedGlobalizationRecycled Author:Christine Lagarde
“Silicon Valley benefits, as all of industry, from highly protectionist policy - patent policies and things like that - which come out of the government.” GovernmentPolicyIndustryBenefitsValleysPatentsSiliconSilicon Valley Author:Noam Chomsky
“There's a difference between a mistake or even a crime that's been committed by an individual, and between a policy of crime that's been implemented or adopted by a government.” GovernmentIndividualDifferencesMistakeCrimePolicyCommittedAdopted Author:Bashar al-Assad
“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
“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