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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."
"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."
"I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone."
"Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire."
"So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'"
"When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11."
"The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy."
"Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks."
"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."
"It is like our foreign policy has attention deficit disorder."
Explore more quotes by George Bernard Shaw
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything."
"When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity."
"You may remember that on earth-though of course we never confessed it-the death of anyone we knew, even those we liked best, was always mingled with a certain satisfaction at being finally done with them."
"The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car."
"I never asked to be a king: it was pushed on me. So if you are going to say 'Son of St Louis: gird on the sword of your ancestors, and lead us to victory' you may spare your breath to cool your porridge; for I cannot do it. I am not built that way; and there is an end of it."
"What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults."
"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."
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