Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Public Servants - Page 14

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

Instead of fostering investment and innovation through deregulation, the FCC will be devoting its resources to adopting new rules without any evidence that consumers are unable to access the content of their choice.

Border security is the most basic and necessary responsibility of a sovereign nation.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

As of now, I am in control here in the White House.

And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.

Donald Trump has created a movement; my job is to keep momentum behind it, keep it growing for the 2018 challenge.

I was able to see what our border looks like and the fact it is under assault on a daily basis from people trying to bring illegal people and illegal drugs into our country.

We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. It doesn't work the way we like it to work.

I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.

I don't agree with registering people based on ethnicity or religion.

Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world.

A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either.

We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.

It is not unimaginable to have military options to respond to North Korean nuclear capability. What's unimaginable to me is allowing a capability that would allow a nuclear weapon to land in Denver, Colorado. That's unimaginable to me. So my job will be to develop military options to make sure that doesn't happen.

Oxford is a very special place. You really sensed the value of a good education there.

In my view, targeted lethal force is at its least controversial when it is on its strongest, most traditional legal foundation. The essential mission of the U.S. military is to capture or kill an enemy. Armies have been doing this for thousands of years. As part of a congressionally authorized armed conflict, the foundation is even stronger.

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

I loved clinical practice, but in public health, you can impact more than one person at a time. The whole society is your patient.

The way we work in public health is, we make the best recommendations and decisions based on the best available data.

For too long, actually, we have either said you're this or that.

Since the '86 amnesty, the number of illegal immigrants has quadrupled. That should teach Congress a very important lesson: Amnesty 'bends' the rule of law. And bending the rule of law to reach a 'comprehensive' deal winds up provoking wholesale breaking of the law.

The most pervasive cyber threat to the U.S. financial sector is from cyber criminals.

As a city, we have to face the reality that New York's minority communities experience a disproportionate share of violent crime.

We need to take lessons learned from fighting terrorism and apply them to cyber crime.

Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.

I think that Eric Holder has an animosity, a genuine hostility, toward local law enforcement - specifically toward white police officers. He truly believes that every white police officer is a stone-cold racist.

Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

There are all kinds of things you can do to marry literacy with health.

I completed medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1984.

Pennsylvania has some of the best science in the world.

In my judgment, us assisting the Chinese military in advancing technologically is not in U.S. national interests.

By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the NRA. If you want more disclosure, super PACs are a step forward.

The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they're made things.

My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues.

In my case, I played sports my whole life. I got out of college, and I didn't bother to get health care coverage because I just figured I didn't need it. But you know that if you blow out your knee on a basketball court or you get in a car accident, and you're uninsured, it can bankrupt you.

A written constitution guides and directs the application of law in a way utterly unlike oral guidance. It reminds us that the certainty and consistency of legal application is essential.

We are very much engaged across the government, very much engaged in streamlining and simplifying our activities with borrowers and lenders, because that saves time and saves costs and we believe we can do that while maintaining the same or increased levels of oversight and risk management.

In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.

My view is that the cyber threat is bigger than any one government agency - or even the government itself. But the FBI brings a rare combination of scope and scale, experience, and tools to the mix. We investigate criminal activity like intrusions and cyber attacks, but we also investigate national security threats like foreign influence.

Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5.

He who walks in the middle of the roads gets hit from both sides.

As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns.

All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.

Universal basic income is not a solution in search of a problem - it is the obvious solution that has been in front of us for years. It only requires us to have the vision, empathy and courage to adopt it for the American people before it is too late.

I will never turn down a good plate of hummus or falafel or shawarma. I just never will. You know, what I really loved in Israel was that at the time, at least, I could buy so many fruits and vegetables there for very inexpensive prices.

Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social systems.

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?

I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternate narrative that the Ukrainian government is a U.S. adversary, and that Ukraine - not Russia - attacked us in 2016.

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.

Your mortgage shouldn't have been treated as a wager - it should be a way to provide a home and financial stability for you and your family.

The right of all of our citizens to enjoy fair and equal access to housing opportunities is guaranteed by our laws. The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to fiercely protecting those rights in order to ensure the quality of life all Americans deserve.

Most of our children have access to Internet-accessible technology, yet most of us are actually not paying much attention to what they're doing online.

I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.

Too many politicians are so worried about getting re-elected that they fear taking an unpopular position. I don't.

We've tried ignorance for a thousand years. It's time we try education.

Experience is a good teacher.

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