Initiative Quotes

I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people.

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers.

A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world.

The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.

I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.

Rather than proposing a forward-looking energy initiative, House Republicans continue to push Big Oil's tired old ideas, ideas that will do absolutely nothing to lower gas prices for the American consumer.

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.

A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device.

I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning.

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

These three movements were born spontaneously and independently of the initiative of a few French patriots who had a place in the old political groups and parties.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.

Genius is initiative on fire.

The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

It's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines.