"As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard."

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"As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard."

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"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"With a foreign policy appropriately rooted in some sense of humanitarian decency, the Central African crisis will not be easily ignored by American policymakers. It screams for remedy."

Michael Johns, American Politician

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"For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy."

Robert Scheer, American Journalist

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"Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure."

Camille Paglia, American Author

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"The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is not necessarily the same thing."

Herman Kahn, American Scientist

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"The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy."

Richard V. Allen, American Public Servant

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"But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency."

Barney Frank, American Politician

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"A comprehensive national energy policy is critical to our nation's economy and our national security. Energy expenditures account for about 7% percent of our total economy and influence pricing in the much of the rest of the economy."

Heather Wilson, American Politician

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"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

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"Today's vote ensures that coal will continue to be an important part of our nation's energy policy, with strong parameters to make it cleaner and more efficient."

Ron Lewis, American Politician

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"Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep."

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"The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes."

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"It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals."

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"I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough."

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"We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician."

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"There can be no security where there is fear."

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"Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess."

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"The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it."

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"It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people."

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