An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
I would like to see Greece as a case study, an opportunity for Europe to strengthen its coordination of fiscal policy.
Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
It is longstanding U.S. policy that we will talk to the Iranians anytime, anywhere, on any subject, with no preconditions. So far, they have not taken us up on our offer.
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is not necessarily the same thing.
My interest in economics has always been in the whole corpus of economic theory, the interrelationships between the various fields of theory and their relevance for the formulation of economic policy.
Wars can be resolved. Human rights atrocities can be stopped. We just have to apply the right policies.
Why can't we, with a more intelligent policy, actually have houses that are affordable, built at higher densities than they are at the moment and built on brownfield sites.
Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound or sensible policy.
I happen to agree with many of President Obama's policies, but in our system, it is often as important how you do something as what you do.
It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform our economy.
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.
Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy.
The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly.
Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering.
Obama hasn't been divisive just because his policies are so unpopular, though that's a large part of it.
He was responsible for administering an army that lacked time-tested procedures and routinized policies, so every decision became an improvisational act.
Unfortunately, a lot of liberals seem to choose what policies to support based on whether they make them feel nice or mean, instead of whether they work.
Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.
