Policy Differences Quotes

One of the big differences between Democrats and Republicans is that we at least know what the Democrats stand for, whether we agree with it or not. But, for Republicans, we have to guess

Trump is, in every way, the anti-Obama.

It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character.

[Barack Obama to be] much worse [than George W. Bush].

I saw the real difference between politicians who supported programs like Head Start and those who didn't. I started getting really excited about politics.

I'm a big fan of Rand Paul; he and I are good friends. I don't agree with him on foreign policy.

I have no problem saying that I have differences in policy with the United States.

We should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics.

If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.

Barack Obama is not Harry Truman, who dropped the A-bomb on Japan to stop World War II. Barack Obama is not John F. Kennedy, who lowered marginal tax rates to get economic growth and job creation. Barack Obama and the far left, they are a completely different ball of wax.

Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

I don’t see why a gay person can serve openly in the White House and not be able to serve openly in the military.

There are a number of issues that I disagree vehemently with Mr. Trump on. I question whether he's got the temperament to serve as president.

Liberals want to manage the damage with government programs to take care of those who have fallen between the cracks. Populists want to fix the cracks so that people don't fall in the first place.

I don't think Donald Trump is the right person because I very much disagree with him.

David Cameron has a different style to Gordon Brown.

Many times, disagreements between the two political parties in Washington get all the headlines. What's not reported is the fact that Republicans and Democrats agree on where we want to go, but we disagree on how we're going to get there.

We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others.

The only difference I ever found between the Democratic leadership and the Republican leadership is that one of them is skinning you from the ankle up and the other, from the ear down.

Our differences are policies, our agreements principles.

I believe that presidential candidates actually have a responsibility to point out substantive differences: to point out perspectives that are different.

There's a bigger difference between the first and second Bush administrations than there is between Bush and Obama. That's really true.

The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians reject both extremes in favor of the government leaving control of your life to you.

It's a very distinct difference between Romney and Obama and myself.

So much of modern politics is focused not on honest differences of policy but on personal attacks.