“Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by ...” — Barton Gellman Quote

“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.”

“Some misunderstandings are hard to cure.”

“Ecuador has never stated flatly that it would give asylum to Edward Snowden.”

“Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.”

“All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.”

“There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.”