Policy Criticism Quotes

I have fiercely criticized both the Bush administration's counterterrorism policies and the Obama administration's - and fiercely defended both as well.

The welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results.

In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy.

You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. This is the policy of confiscation as compared with that of concurrent endowment.

It's the oldest trick in Washington - when presented with a policy solution you don't like, characterize it as the bogeyman.

I mean, the liberal democrats aren't going to tell the average American, "Yeah, you're being shafted because of the policies that we've established over the years that we're maintaining now." That's not going to be an answer. And they're not getting answers from the left.

I got nothing against Barack Obama; I just might not like some of his policies and the people he surrounds himself with.

I think Mrs. Clinton has a lot of weaknesses because she was the architect of the Obama administration's foreign policy.

We must differentiate between loyalty to one’s country and blind loyalty to the policy that a particular administration happens to be carrying out.

The administration must act promptly to ensure that the central premise of the Affordable Care Act is executable and, rather than dismissing criticism, should examine it in good faith and work to serve the needs of the people. President Obama must approach this problem like a CEO confronting a very bad product launch.

Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.

Mr Hitchens's policy has succeeded in making 10,000 new Bin Ladens.

My policies are multi-ethnic and certainly not racist.

Obamacare represents a shocking display of political arrogance. It's about time Washington started listening to Americans' common sense voices.

I don't mind people trying to pick apart my policies, and that's fine and that's fair game. But, you know, I don't think we're serving our nation well by allowing the discourse to become so uncivil that people use words that they shouldn't be using.

When I talk to teachers, parents, superintendents, my colleagues, everyone wants to fix No Child Left behind. There is great dissatisfaction with No Child Left Behind.

I was leader of the Opposition when Vajpayee was PM. We attacked policies, not personalities, neither inside or outside the House.

The Obama Administration continues to talk about the 'policies of the past' and insist that a return to those policies will lead to disaster.

I don't think losing 3 million jobs, having deficits as far as the eye can go, having 2 million people lose their health insurance, turning your back on kids in schools and not funding No Child Left Behind represents a vision.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I'm very grateful for the support and kindness that we've gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband's policies or what have you, they care about children and that's been good to see.

The administration is out lying through its teeth about all these people signing up and how great Obamacare is now. Meanwhile, Obama continues to break the law each and every day with executive actions - not even executive orders, executive actions - and proclamations.

Sure, Obama is personally popular, but the same cannot be said for his policies or his legacy.

The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly.

If you're criticizing Israel, but you're doing it in a way that implies that the Jewish people in America have a dual loyalty, that's anti-Semitism. It's more than just criticizing Israeli policy.

It is the height of hypocrisy for [Hillary] Clinton to talk about being the first woman president when every single policy she espouses and every single policy of President [Barack] Obama has been demonstrably bad for women.