Aggressive Policy Quotes

Make the economy scream.

In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.

In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought.

The most effective way to shake an economy out of a terrible downturn when we're at the zero lower bound is an aggressive change in policy that makes people wake up, say 'this is a new day' and change their expectations.

English policy may not yet have made the definite decision to attack us; but it doubtless wishes, by all and every means, even the most extreme, to hinder every further expansion of German international influence and of German maritime power.

The [foreign] policy of the United States is modeled on interventionism and aggression. It is logical that we should always be very suspicious.

It is a mistake to isolate arms control from other areas of policy.... There is a danger that arms control will be a safety valve for an otherwise overly aggressive foreign policy.

We Communists have got to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology. But we are going to continue massive military programs. . . (soon) we will be in a position to return to a much more aggressive foreign policy designed to gain the upper-hand.

The most important point is, in a time of crisis, there is no way out but for the government to be bold and aggressive.

used as oil to smooth the troubled water of our aggressive commercial policy