I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.
We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened.
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.
For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy.
And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end.
Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.
There are some tax expenditures that are there for very obvious and very important and very good policy reasons. Whether it's the charitable deduction or the deduction for homes, it's not a loophole.
Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.
It's not a good idea to conceptualize a static relationship with long-standing policies, like health care.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
For America's economic future to remain prosperous, we must encourage pro-growth policies so that we continue to be the leader in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Recognising that the future growth of India will depend on greater skill development, the National Policy for Skill Development aims to create a skilled workforce of 500 million by 2022.
The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you.
An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.'
I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.
To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world.
And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.
I'll go back to comedy clubs when they get a real no-camera policy, the same way they did with smoking.
Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of the day.
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
