Elizabeth Dole Quotes

What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted. Then, once a policy is determined, you call on them to help you sell it.

The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted.

We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems.

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out.

Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

The companies that make meaningful contributions while also listening to the voices of others are the ones that will genuinely engage their community, who will then go to work for them.

I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.

My individual power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action together to do good things. I can only awake them with my performance art and creativity.

We will continue to make ROI as supportive, diverse and beneficial as possible and to meet the evolving needs of the members and communities we serve.

I hope Telegram will be able to rely on the community even more than VK since it's a non-profit project that hopefully will be able to attract people who share the idea behind it.

When I originally went into government early in my career, it was because I was interested in finding ways to help people by finding policy solutions that would help people. And what's amazing about Facebook is that we're able to use our platform to help people, too.

I think that policy matters. I'm a policy guy.

One of my philosophies is that citizens are the mayor... so we have citizens play an integral role in making policies and implementing them.

As soon as I got in the NBA, I was thinking about it - wanting to use my influence and resources to help different communities.

Public opinion shapes public policy dramatically.

Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy.

Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.

They said, "You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people." And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work.

Business has a responsibility to give back to the community.

A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you.

I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference.

The more we spread the word, the further it will go and more it will change!

One man interacting creatively with others can move the world.

In a democracy, every little wrong idea may grow up to become national policy.