Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.
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Good people can disagree - all you want is honesty, because you know, if I disagree, I'm willing to debate you on that, and then let the public decide what's good policy and bad policy.
It's really important that policy be properly designed. It's not enough just to.. .get angry over a subject.
If you look back at President Bush, nobody agreed with his policies, but you understood that he was doing things that he believed was right.
When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it.
I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.
If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.
In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy.
The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.
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