Policy Research Quotes

Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.

I can't throw a nickel from the Capitol without hitting a think tank that's been financed by one of the Gulf States.

I was working as a volunteer in a village, 25 km. from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, in 2012 when India Against Corruption movement started. I had realized that change needs to come from top downward, so I decided to join the movement as a volunteer and started policy research for the same.

Because policymakers often rely on think tanks' research when crafting laws and regulations, it's critical to know whether these organizations are truly independent.

Let's say I'm on the policy wonk end of the spectrum. As much as I can dive into a briefing book and really work to master various subjects that come before my desk, I'm still not an expert on a huge amount of the stuff that we work on.

I don’t know anyone in government who would read the academic journals that policy school professors get rewarded for publishing in.

The classic think-tank is supposed to be sitting in an attic thinking up grand ideas.

The John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics was originally intended to bring scholars and politicians into closer contact, on the assumption that other office-holders can use academics as profitably as Kennedy did during his political career.