Government Policy

Famous quotes containing the words government and/or policy:

    “The powers of the federal government ... result from the compact to which the states are parties, [and are] limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “Men must learn now with pity to dispense,
    For policy sits above conscience.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)