#policy

If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which is done by the U.S. government, it should be guaranteed by the originators, i.e., the shareholder. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#done #government #guarantee #guaranteed #i

The only way to Cuba is with the CIA. ↗

— Phil Ochs

#central-intelligence-agency #cuba #foreign-policy #politics #united-states

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. ↗

— William Hague

#dealings #decisions #defining #ethical #every

You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I'm going to say it before they can. It's the best policy for me. ↗

— Eminem

#anything #before #best #could #get

Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us. ↗

— Christopher Bond

#before #continue #foreign #foreign policy #hit

And I've tried to give us a higher profile. Typically, at a board meeting, we'd pass resolutions about the civil-rights issue of the day, but we'd never tell anyone. So I've instituted a policy of announcing our resolutions at the end of our meetings. ↗

— Julian Bond

#announcing #anyone #board #day #end

If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy. ↗

— Kit Bond

#back #come #comes #current #current law

It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation on stable grounds. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#consensus #democratization #developed #enable #essential

The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#committed #democratic #foundations #implemented #laid

At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So we are not able to do things at the European or the national level. ↗

— Laurent Fabius

#constitution #european #growth #implementing #level