#policy

Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world. ↗

— Howard Berman

#country #east #energy #foreign #foreign policy

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region. ↗

— Ahmet Davutoglu

#attitude #confrontation #engagement #especially #exactly

Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere. ↗

— Harry Belafonte

#always #american #american policy #everywhere #foreign

The only way to Cuba is with the CIA. ↗

— Phil Ochs

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

You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#back #because #breaks #cut #economic

And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs and to improve their delivery of the policy and their delivery of the ideas so that they can garner support for whatever principle they're articulating. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#beliefs #delivery #garner #i #i think

Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage. ↗

— John Bolton

#negotiation #policy #something #technique #use

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

I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly. ↗

— Anna Eshoo

#country #drill #folly #i #i think