Quotes of: Economic-policy Keyword

It's time to bring tough medicine to Washington. No longer will policy be set by K Street, it will be dictated by Main Street.

Rick Perry

Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved.

Paul Weyrich

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.

Anthony Eden

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.

Moshe Dayan

I have so much respect for policy makers and diplomats, but I could never be a politician because of the way they dress!

Azita Ghanizada

I'm not apologetic with respect to the policies of the Bush administration. I think we basically got it right.

Dick Cheney

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

No one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might have been compromised by me.

Aldrich Ames

Honesty has become the second best policy with your spouse…discretions apply elsewhere

Amit Abraham

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

Al Sharpton

I'm pleased to offer analysis of public policy and politics to the millions of Americans who get their news from Fox.

Evan Bayh

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

Gerhard Schroder

All company bosses want a policy on corporate social responsibility. The positive effect is hard to quantify, but the negative consequences of a disaster are enormous.

Noreena Hertz

As discomfiting as it is to both market optimists and policy activists, a certain amount of instability is inherent to the economy.

Virginia Postrel

For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process...

Naomi Wolf

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

Carl von Clausewitz

In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining.

Noam Chomsky

Everything we get, outside of the free gifts of nature, must in some way be paid for. The world is full of so- called economists who in turn are full of schemes for getting something for nothing. They tell us that the government can spend and spend w...

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

Of valid economics pre-dating the Power Age (steam and electricity), there remains not a vestige. Of valid economics pre-dating the intensive and extensive use of electricity there will soon exist only rags and tatters. We still have to thank Adam Sm...

Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

If you bake a cupcake, the world has one more cupcake. If you become a circus clown, the world has one more squirt of seltzer down someone's pants. But if you win an Olympic gold medal, the world will not have one more Olympic gold medalist. It will ...

The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics

The reality is that the American people have no desire for an empire. This is not to say that they don't want the benefits, both economic and strategic. It simply means that they don't want to pay the price. Economically, Americans want the growth po...

The Next Decade: What the World Will Look Like