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“Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.”

Thinking Sound Policy Wishful Thinking Public Policy

Author:Bjorn Lomborg

“A profession is a body of men who voluntarily measure their work by a higher standard than their clients demand. To be professionally acceptable, a policy must be sound as well as salable. Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.”

Men Wells Body Sound Policy Higher Demand Standards Profession Administration Acceptable Clients Wildlife Higher Standards

Book:The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold

Source: The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold

“What the Depression teaches us is that when the economy is so depressed that even a zero interest rate isn't low enough, you have to put conventional notions of prudence and sound policy aside.”

Enough Sound Interest Teach Economy Policy Lows Notion Rate Zero Conventional Prudence Interest Rate

Author:Paul Krugman

“A typical vice of American politics the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues, and the announcement of radical policies with much sound and fury, and at the same time with a cautious accompaniment of weasel phrases each of which sucks the meat out of the preceding statement.”

Real Sound Issues Policy Vices Statements Radical Meat Phrases Typical American Politics Fury Cautious Avoidance Announcements Weasels

Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

“In modern times sound policy-making must often come to grips with numbers.”

Sound Numbers Modern Policy Modern Times Policy Making

Book:Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition

Source: Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition

“Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of our time. Just as the sound money policy of gold standard advocates went hand in hand with liberalism, free trade, capitalism and peace, so is inflationism part and parcel of imperialism, militarism, protectionism, statism and socialism.”

Source: On the Manipulation of Money and Credit

“Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it seemed to them ridiculous. Many persons have regarded it with indifference, because they have never felt its true disadvantages. But it is as a citizen that I attack it, because it seems to me harmful to the happiness of the state, hostile to the march of the mind of man, and contrary to sound morality, from which the interests of state policy can never be separated.”

“Sound policy is never at variance with substantial justice.”

Sound Justice Policy Variance

Book:Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection from His Correspondence

Source: Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection from His Correspondence

“If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.”

Ifs Sound Moral Policy Obligation Fixed Shut Up Moral Obligation Feckless

Author:David Hackworth

“And there was a deeper, less visible effect of the Truman loyalty program. Seeing its consequences for certain individuals and fearing its intrusion on their own lives, many in the government sought protection by strongly asserting their anti-Communism. In the public action that ensued, policy was based not on reality but, instinctively or deliberately, on personal caution...Those who urged a militant and sometimes military anti-Communism were considered sound, trustworthy and personally safe; those who questioned such a course were politically unsafe, possible even slightly disloyal.”

“We believe that our truly urgent need is to make our nation secure, our economy strong and our dollar sound. For every American this matter of the sound dollar is crucial. Without a sound dollar, every American family would face a renewal of inflation, an ever-increasing cost of living, the withering away of savings and life insurance policies.”

“The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.”

Sound Policy Aim Strategy Dollars Humanitarian Appeals Sentiments Diplomacy Idealistic

Author:William Howard Taft

“There is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at all, unless you want the thrill of hearing the sound of the actual individual gunshot that might have killed a 7 year-old.”

Want Years Reality Might Values Politics Individual Sound Community Justice Violence Policy News Ethics Human Rights Hearing Terrorism Ideology Tape Free Speech Thrill Civility Audio Gunshots

Author:Rachel Maddow

“To enjoy a reasonable chance for continued better than average results, the investor must follow policies which are (1) inherently sound and promising, and (2) not popular on Wall Street.”

Enjoy Sound Chance Results Streets Policy Wall Investing Average Reasonable Investors

Book:The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed

Source: The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed

“The movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected; if the policy is sound it ought to be supported.”

Ifs Has Beens Nations Sound Policy Movement Ought Errors Committed Connected Great Nations

Book:James Monroe, 1758-1831: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids

Source: James Monroe, 1758-1831: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids