Anne H. Cohn Quotes

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

I guess for every government - for many governments, they only have short vision, they only have three-year term or a four-year term. So they have to make sure they get enough support from the voter. So they probably have to deal with more short-term issues which are related to being re-elected.

What Republicans have to get away from is just worrying about the next election and start thinking about what is good for the country down the road.

Regulators, who could in principle consider both economic growth and larger social needs, do not receive the necessary political mandates from short sighted voters who want low taxes and cheap prices.

One of the hardest things in politics is getting a democracy to deal with something now where the payoff is long term or the price of inaction is decades away.

We have tended in politics in this country to concentrate on the domestic, on the here and now - the 'what's in it for me'.

Sustainability is a very tough thing in our government because there are so many different competing priorities.

The iron need to get reelected will always take priority over a relative abstraction like a budget deficit.

Governments are not normally concerned with the welfare of the people they govern.

No politician has a 50-year horizon.

Populist promises to reverse every tough decision are nothing but empty rhetoric, irresponsible leadership, and bad politics. They are not the solution to Ireland's problems.

If they won’t listen, we should limit the Politicians’ terms and send them packing..

Everyone without extraordinary research skills ought to be able to know what is happening inside the government, how it operates, where their tax dollars are going. Then they can make better decisions in the electoral process.

Paul Ryan has been a responsible legislator and public servant, almost alone among members of Congress in his belief that we need to strengthen and save our social entitlements.

Unfortunately, Bruce Rauner is more committed to playing politics than fighting for Illinois women and families.

For a politician, the long term is between now and the next election.

We need to focus on reducing property taxes. We need to focus on education funding. We need to focus on getting term limits on elected officials.

We are at a point in our nation's history when the right leadership is needed more than ever. Hillary has spent her life advocating for poor and working class families. Hillary will help build an economy for tomorrow and beyond; strengthen America's families; defend our country and its core values; and revitalize our democracy.

My government has been playing catch-ups building the schools, hospitals, roads and transport links our state needs to deal with our growing population after years of do-nothing Labor governments.

As a young player, I never looked this far ahead. I never thought about how long I was going to play.

Amateurism has its place in government, in journalism and also on the tennis court, but lack of expertise means politicians routinely promise far more than they achieve.

Rather than play politics with funding our government, pitting one group against another, we should make strong investments in our future.

Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.

If, like me, you believe that your taxes should be spent on your priorities in this country by politicians accountable to you then you should vote to leave the E.U.

We are living in a country that has taken the short view on everything. We have sold our future.