Policy Quotes

"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer" "To me, it seems that the countries that are doing the best are those that are distancing themselves from ideology" "What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology" "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." "Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism." "Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it" "Reform and opening up are the keys to China's future development" "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" "The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem." "Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program" "All plans of government which suppose great reformation in the manners of mankind are plainly imaginary" "Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel" "The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced" "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem" "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government"