My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store.Quote by Quincy Jones about family, good, good luck
To err is human, to forgive is not company policy.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, companies, human imperfections
A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.Quote by Camille Paglia about country, culture, knowledge, americans, public, life
At some point they figured out that you can win elections with a pro-European policy because the voters hope this will improve their lives.Quote by Orhan Pamuk about hope
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.Quote by Papa John Paul II about humanity
Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam.Quote by Ron Paul about politics, war
As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but the promotion through them of the determined and effective will to peace displaying itself in action and policy remains to be achieved.Quote by Lester B. Pearson about politics, peace, action
The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war.Quote by Lester B. Pearson about war, destruction, society
And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals.Quote by John Perkins about succes, commerce, man
And that's why I wrote the book, because our country really needs to understand, if people in this nation understood what our foreign policy is really about, what foreign aid is about, how our corporations work, where our tax money goes, I know we...Quote by John Perkins about politics, companies, nation, change, country, money, work, people