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It's really important that policy be properly designed. It's not enough just to.. .get angry over a subject.

The policy is one thing, but it's dictated by what the process is.

Policy gets out of date.

When we look at policy, it's important we make sure that it's up to date and reflective of the way the world works today - and where the world is heading in the future.

Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way.

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

This strategy represents our policy for all time. Until it's changed.

It is our task to provide policies suited to the different situations of today.

Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency.