#icy

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. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#capitalist #commercial #directed #economy #free

In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence. ↗

— James Monroe

#defence #does #european #european powers #injuries

What will growth policy have to look like in a fiscally compacted Europe? Clearly any illusion of budget stimulated growth policy will have to go away. ↗

— Mario Monti

#away #budget #clearly #europe #fiscally

The attorney general should be enforcing the law, not policy. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#attorney general #enforcing #general #law #policy

Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions. ↗

— George Tenet

#absolve #actions #ask #consequences #curiosity

In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#declared #deliberately #east #hostile #look

Indian president does not determine policy. Here President is not the policy maker. In the name of the president, the cabinet takes the policy decision. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#decision #determine #does #here #indian

Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#bomb #capacity #care #certain #cliff

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#consider #disarmament #first #first step #freezing

We believed it was better to pay as you go than it was to pay your bills by borrowing and laying up debts for another day. To pay as you go, that policy is a safer business policy and a saner business policy, and we thought it was a saner national policy. ↗

— Scott Nearing

#another day #believed #better #bills #borrowing