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Literary notes about policies (AI summary)

The term "policies" in literature is employed with remarkable versatility, spanning concrete administrative guidelines to abstract ideological doctrines. In some works, it refers to practical, systematic rules—such as the wise administrative policies noted for their soundness and economy ([1]) or insurance policies that require careful attention ([2]). In political and economic contexts, the word often conveys the principles underpinning government actions, as seen in references to agricultural policies being overhauled ([3]) or the strategies that shape international relations ([4], [5]). Authors also use "policies" metaphorically to critique or explore power dynamics, for instance when debating tariffs promised by political candidates ([6]) or the impact of revolutionary policies on a nation’s identity ([7]). This multifaceted term thus reflects both tangible measures and broader, sometimes contested, visions of governance and societal organization ([8], [9], [10]).
  1. All her administrative policies were wise, sound, and economical.
    — from Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
  2. There are insurance policies that have to be taken care of, and some other matters that can't be neglected.
    — from The Saintsbury Affair by Lily A. (Lily Augusta) Long
  3. The EU is forced to revamp its costly agricultural policies and attendant bloated bureaucracy.
    — from The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin
  4. The American people want strong and effective international and defense policies.
    — from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents
  5. He was determined to create a single coördinating command, and his war policies were governed from beginning to end by this purpose.
    — from Woodrow Wilson and the World WarA Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour
  6. So neither of the old parties can honestly carry out any tariff policies which they pledge the people to carry out.
    — from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein
  7. The Polish revolution caused the reorganization of European policies.
    — from The Story of Russia by R. (Robert) Van Bergen
  8. But Webster had then opposed Cass' election and denounced his doctrines and proposed policies.
    — from The Life of Stephen A. Douglas by William Gardner
  9. She needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious; those are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power.
    — from Areopagitica by John Milton
  10. Search out thy wit for secret policies, And we will make thee famous through the world.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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