Reform Quotes · Page 8

In my mind, there is no reason public school reform should be a partisan issue.

— Michael Bennet

Reform keeps many scores of newspapers in its service, but not one man.

— Henry David Thoreau

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

A nation without means of reform is without means of survival.

— Edmund Burke

I have, ever since the first day of my campaign, called for criminal justice reform.

— Hillary Clinton

Educational reforms are like ripe fruit. They rarely travel well.

— Andy Hargreaves

When we were actually in the Keating reform era, the Business Council was of no help.

— Paul Keating

“There's precious little reform in the human race.”

— Stephen King

Getting a lot of applause, announcing military reforms and upgrades. It's a really good speech [of Donald Trump].

— Rush Limbaugh

We have made major reforms in Greece. When I took over after a landslide victory we had a mandate for change and…

— George Papandreou

Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.

— Thomas Browne

The words, 'penalty,' 'restrict' and 'violate' appeared more times in President Clinton's health care reform bill than in his crime bill.

— Steve Forbes

Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought…

— Herman Melville

I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like…

— Tony Abbott

You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate…

— Rob McKenna

True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All…

— Mehmet Oz

There are two reforms that we need to restore our democracy. The first is campaign finance. We need to get the corporate…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but…

— Dave Reichert

An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the…

— Clara Barton

“Why is tort reform not included in the health-care bill?” “It’s really quite simple,” he replied. “The Trial Lawyers Association gives us…

— Ben Carson

The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive, with horror. Others would pull down with the crowbars and with cranks--especially…

— David Lloyd George

After two years of fighting, government shutdowns and little to no agreement on anything except welfare reform in 1996, President Clinton was…

— Ari Fleischer

What I think we need to do to engage the American people in a conversation about entitlement reform is to have a…

— Carly Fiorina

We must see the great distinction between a reform movement and a revolutionary movement. We are called upon to raise certain basic…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export…

— William J. Clinton

The intention of Paul VI with regard to what is commonly called the Mass, was to reform the Catholic liturgy in such…

— Jean Guitton

“Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a…

— Kamand Kojouri

A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It…

— Anatole France

In Egypt the neoliberal programs have meant statistical growth, like right before the Arab Spring, Egypt was a kind of poster child…

— Noam Chomsky

If you want to really sort of quantify the dereliction of the Republican establishment, those two facts are the most important two…

— Chris Hayes

It is a lesson of the sixties: liberals get in the biggest political trouble - whether instituting open housing, civilian compliant review…

— Rick Perlstein

Many times I am asked why the suffering of animals should call forth more sympathy from me than the suffering of human…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You've taxed too much, borrowed too much and are a roadblock to reform.

— David Cameron

As for when to reform the yuan, there is no timetable yet.

— Wu Yi

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform,

— Susana Martinez

Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of man to reform and transform waste.

— Patti Smith

Not a single reform effort in Russia has ever been completed.

— Boris Yeltsin

We really do need Congress to pass immigration reform. It is essential that we do so.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

When Congress talks of tax reform, grab your wallet and run for cover.

— Steve Symms

The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.

— Abraham Verghese