"I'm not supposed to know anything about foreign policy. Just thought I'd throw that out."
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"Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy.Bothyourreligionand policy must be basedon it."
"I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition."
"Fear is not the basis for foreign policy."
"There's a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy."
"All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy - but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that's how I am guided."
"Nations do not distrust each other because they are armed. They are armed because they distrust each other."
"Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself."
"You know, there are certain things that make for good sound bites but don't always translate into good policy."
"Every conversation I have almost always revolves around, you know, personnel and policy focused on producing results."
"My policy is to have no policy."
"Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy."
"What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that if affects all of our military policies."
"We have much better policies than the Democrats do."
"A policy of life insurance is the cheapest and safest mode of making a certain provision for one's family."
"I believe in generous aid policies."
"I don't have any regrets in my life actually. I think that's a pretty good policy."
"Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies."
"Honesty is not the best policy - merely the safest"
"Men must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience."