Quotes about Issue Resolution

Belinda Johnson

There was a time when people thought our hosts weren't collecting and remitting taxes, and we've been very proactive about going out and trying to solve this.

George P. Bush

Anything to make a difference and to seek consensus on an issue is something that I feel strongly about.

Margaret Heffernan

You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge.

Tom Steyer

My experience of American politics is that people raise issues, and they get addressed in an effective but imperfect way. But that's sort of the American system: Mind the problem and worry it, and then we attack it with overwhelming power and put it away - and that's the end of that problem.

Ruth Asawa

I am interested in finding solutions to problems.

Tina Fey

Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.

Jane X. Luu

It was a case of the technology catching up with the problem.

James Lankford

I believe that being conservative means you try to get in to the middle of the fight and try to solve the problem.

Lindsey Graham

I am not comfortable with putting out problems without solutions.

The reason that this quote is important is that during the time that Graham served in the Senate, most of his Republican colleagues had evolved a political style where they just criticized everything the Democrats did or advocated. They would outdo each other to characterize problems more dramatically. They would even vote against legislation that they had supported earlier and in some cases, that they had even sponsored. They generally never made any specific suggestions or offered specific legislative options as once they did, there would be something that some might criticize them for. The tactic was reasonably effective in the short run, but a few Republicans, like Graham, felt that it was their duty to try and legislate solutions to national problems and not just uncover, describe or harp on what is a problem and attack Democrats.

Richard Holbrooke

If the press knows about a problem, big or small, that problem is far more likely to receive the personal attention of senior policy makers, then if it remains a well-kept secret.

Everett Dirksen

When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take the same approach. I engage in deep deliberation and quiet contemplation. I wait to the last available minute and then I always vote with the losers. Because, my friend, the winners never remember and the losers never forget.

John Roos

My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.