Julie Bishop Quotes

I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.

A national government has to have national priorities.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.

Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern.

I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.

Forget the consultants, the pundits and the pollsters; good policy is good politics.

Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills.

Public policy must lead and not merely react.

When a president doesn't know the policy, it doesn't make for a very effective leader.

The very nature of the government, and the direction it's been heading in for the past 40 years, is one of contrived government solutions to all the problems in the United States.

Government is about priorities.

Running the country is like running one big business.

We think the government is running the country, but it is just a policymaker. Unknowingly, people are inviting the government to run their lives. The only business of the government is to come up with the right policies.

I've taken firm positions on issues the voters care about, and I will get my positions implemented.

If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure that we take care of all elements that might relate to a particular issue.

The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.

I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies.

If you can't legislate, you can't deal with problems.

I don't think policy makers surprise unnecessarily. You don't pick surprise as a part of your policy. Markets value a certain amount of predictability. But there are certain areas where surprise is a tool.

The shape and composition of the government is important. We haven't reached a point where politics and economics have been totally divorced from each other.

Foreign policy is about the execution of ideas as much as their formulation.

Making economic policy isn't a popularity contest, especially when financial markets are in a panic.