“Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in a remarkably engaging way. That’s why I turned to Russ when I needed someone to present on the subject to the annual staff retreat of the Drug Policy Alliance. And it’s why I repeatedly recommend him for speaking and media opportunities. He’s good!” WayDoeOpportunitySpecialSubjectsTalentMediaPolicyNeededDrugMarijuanaStaffRetreatEngagingAlliancesScholarshipProhibitionPresentingAnnualsSpecial TalentsNeeded SomeoneDrug Policy Author:Ethan Nadelmann
“The American continents, by the free and independent condition that they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonisation byany European powers? In the wars of the Europeanpowers inmattersrelating to ourselves, we have never taken any part; nor does it comport with our policy to do so.” DoeWarTakenConditionsSubjectsPolicyIndependentContinents Author:John Quincy Adams
“The eager or dutiful persons who subject themselves to these tidal waves of the classics and the moderns find everything wonderful in an absent-minded way. The wonder washes over them rather than into them, and one of its effects is to make anything shocking or odd suddenly interesting enough to gain a month's celebrity. And so another by-product of our come-one, come-all policy is the tendency to reward cleverness, not art, and to put one more hurdle in the path of the truly original artist.” WayPersonsArtEnoughArtistInterestingWonderPathWonderfulSubjectsEffectsPolicyProductsMonthsGainsOriginalsRewardsWaveTendenciesOddShockingAbsentClevernessHurdleTidal WavesAbsent Minded Author:Jacques Barzun
“Nothing disturbs me more than superficiality and mere sloganizing on matters of public policy, and the suspicion that what the speaker is saying represents the full extent of his knowledge on the subject.” MatterSubjectsPolicyMereSpeakersSuspicionPublic PolicySuperficiality Author:Preston Manning
“There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it.” SubjectsPolicySensitiveTaboo Author:Lee Hsien Loong
“The European policy is invariably the maintenance of the status quo, and you will do nothing for the subject races unless we, by taking initiative, make you realize that helping us against the Turks is the lesser of the evils.” HelpingEvilRealizingRaceSubjectsPolicyInitiativeStatus QuoMaintenance Author:Eleftherios Venizelos
“As long as the same passions and interests subsist among mankind, the questions of war and peace, of justice and policy, which were debated in the councils of antiquity, will frequently present themselves as the subject of modern deliberation.” LongWarPassionInterestJusticeHistoryModernSubjectsMankindPolicyCouncilAntiquityRoman EmpireDeliberation Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“It is generally admitted that the cultural values (humanization) and the existing institutions and policies of society are rarely,if ever, in harmony. This opinion has found expression in the distinction between culture and civilization, according to which "culture" refers to some higher dimension of human autonomy and fulfillment, while "civilization" designates the realm of necessity, of socially necessary work and behavior, where man is not really himself and in his own element but is subject to heteronomy, to external conditions and needs.” IfsMenNeedsHumansValuesCultureFoundOpinionConditionsSubjectsPolicyExpressionHigherCivilizationBehaviorElementsHarmonyInstitutionsFulfillmentRealmsDimensionsDistinctionAutonomy Author:Herbert Marcuse
“When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?” PersonsBeliefCausesReligiousSubjectsPolicyBattleDevilEvidenceDenyDebateDiscussionReligious BeliefPublic Policy Author:Lawrence M. Krauss
“Obama wanted to offer his support to birth control activist Sandra Fluke. He wanted to express his disappointment that she has been the subject of inappropriate personal attacks and thank her for exercising her rights as a citizen to speak out on an issue of public policy.” Has BeensWantedSpeakSupportIssuesRightsSubjectsPolicyBirthCitizensExerciseOffersDisappointmentActivistSpeaks OutInappropriateBirth ControlPublic PolicyFlukesPersonal Attacks Author:Jay Carney
“I wish my life and decisions to depend upon myself, not on external forces of whatever kind. I wish to be the instrument of my own, not other men's, acts of will. I wish to be the subject, not an object...I wish to be somebody, not nobody; a doer - deciding, not being decided for, slef-directed and not acted upon by external nature or by other men as if I were a thing, or an animal, or a slave incapable of playing a human role, that is, of conceiving goals and policies of my own and realizing them.” IfsMenHumansKindForceWishGoalRealizingMy OwnDecisionAnimalRolesSubjectsPolicyObjectsDependsDecidedInstrumentsSlaveIncapableDoersConceivingExternal Forces Author:Isaiah Berlin
“The only option to avoid war is the departure of the number one warmonger in the world US President George W Bush. His policy has brought disaster to the United States. This crazy man should go and also his subject, disciple and follower UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.” MenWorldShouldWarStatesPresidentUnitedNumbersUnited StatesCrazySubjectsPolicyDisasterMinistersPrimeFollowersDisciplePrime MinisterDepartureBlairUs PresidentPresident George W BushWarmongersCrazy Man Author:Naji Sabri