Policy Quotes - Page 2

• The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Wisdom, Learning, School

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1967). “Jawaharlal Nehru's Speeches”

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• It has been my policy not to respond to each of the many canards which have been part of the campaign to discredit my investigation, nor to waste time trying to prove negatives.

  Jim Garrison

  Trying, Campaigns, Waste

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• My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.

  Georges Clemenceau

  War, Home, Foreign Policy

  Speech to French Chamber of Deputies, 8 Mar. 1918

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• Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.

  Bjorn Lomborg

  Thinking, Sound, Wishful Thinking

  "Don’t Freak Out". www.nationalreview.com. May 14, 2008.

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• That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.

  Ridley Scott

  Gears, Switching

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• Motown's policy was to build one act at a time or their favorites.

  Brenda Holloway

  Motown

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• A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Ghana, Liable, Creeds

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

  Dan Quayle

  Politics

  David S. Broder, Bob Woodward, Dan Quayle (1992). “The man who would be president: Dan Quayle”

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• It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Funny, Truth, Liars

  The Idler Feb. 1892, p. 118

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• I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.

  Ziggy Marley

  Love, Thinking, Should Have

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Government, Ideas, Doe

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• I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Children, Truth

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• Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

  Tom Tancredo

  Law, People, Politics

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• Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Trust, Children

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• Nonsense! It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Stupid, Islam, West

  "The CIA's Intervention in Afghanistan". Le Nouvel Observateur Interview, www.globalresearch.ca. January, 1998.

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• Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

  Quintus Tullius Cicero

  Government, Political, Politics

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• This strategy represents our policy for all time. Until it's changed.

  Marlin Fitzwater

  Political, Politics, Strategy

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• Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel.

  Joe Klein

  Humility, Compassion, Cynical

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• The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Foundation, Transition, Tools

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• It is bad policy to regulate everything... where things may better regulate themselves and can be better promoted by private exertions; but it is no less bad policy to let those things alone which can only be promoted by interfering social power.

  Friedrich List

  May, Finance, Social

  Friedrich List, William Notz (1931). “Grundlinien einer politischen Ökonomie und andere Beiträge der amerikanischen Zeit: 1825-1832”

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• I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi

  Looks, Dialogue, Backgrounds

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• I just did not discuss my personal life, my sexuality with the media. That was my policy.

  Greg Louganis

  Media, Hygiene, Sexuality

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• In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.

  Ralph Regula

  Years, Land, Aggravation

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• Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

  Romano Prodi

  Mean Girls, World, Enlargement

  World Economy interview, www.euractiv.com. February 16, 2004.

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• We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.

  King Hussein I

  Believe, Majority, Opinion

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