Ok, I feel bad we took this discussion pretty far afield. That's the thing with policy, it's not simple. You can have simple concepts guiding you – assistance should come with obligations is a good guiding principle – but the actual design is work. Hard work. Not to mention the implementation of the policy once you decide what it is.
Making a government work is more than guiding principles. I bet 90% of us would agree on those. Putting to principles to work is where rubber meets the road 
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We will stay the course. [8/30/06]
We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. [8/4/05]
We will stay the course *** We’re just going to stay the course. [12/15/03]
And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course. [4/13/04]
And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. [4/16/04]
And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. [4/5/04]
Well, hey, listen, we’ve never been “stay the course” [10/21/06]
--- George W. Bush, President of the United States of America
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