Policy

Famous quotes containing the word policy:

“We legislate against forestalling and monopoly; we would have a common granary for the poor; but the selfishness which hoards the corn for high prices, is the preventative of famine; and the law of self-preservation is surer policy than any legislation can be.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“’Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.”
—George Washington (1732–1799)

“Men must learn now with pity to dispense,
For policy sits above conscience.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)