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"We have come a long way in terms of foreign policy."
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"We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsenals than we are in the spirit which rules inside the country. Foreign policy, like a river, cannot rise above its source."
"We haven't had a good energy policy in this country for decades and we're trying to get one."
"In a constructive policy, there is 'adjust everywhere' and in a destructive policy, there is a policy of disadjustment."
"Any intervention, such as that of the German Reichsbank in the Spring of 1923, in which only a small part of the increasing note-expansion was recovered by the banks through the sale of foreign bills, would necessarily be unsuccessful. Led by the idea of opposing speculation, inflationistic governments have allowed themselves to become involved in measures whose meaning is hardly intelligible. Thus at one time the importation of notes, then their exportation, then again both their exportation and importation, have been prohibited. Exporters have been forbidden to sell for their own country's notes, importers to buy with them."
"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."
"For almost twenty years, abortion policy in America has been controlled by the courts."
"Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil."
"Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently."
"The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions."
"On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do."
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"It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within."
"The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom."
"This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue."
"I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations."
"I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues."
"The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century."
"The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected."
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