It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessar...
If a policy isn’t working, don’t change the policy—change its name. That should be taught in Politics 101.
Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy.
Unfortunately, the American policy towards Pakistan is just to worry and express concern, and that is not a clear policy at all.
Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.
A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism.
Obama has no power to change American policy because there are people who specialize in drawing these policies, which have been and still are hostile towards Islam.
I don't think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning.
From my perspective, we as a nation need to make policy a priority and drive the politics as a result of good policy.
China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.
In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.
Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.
The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.
The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power, it's very hard not to use it.
Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.
I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.
