Reform Quotes · Page 9

Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

Any change or reform you make is going to have consequence you don't like.

— Mo Udall

A lot of people don't believe that Kirk-Heitkamp is a real reform bill.

— Richard Shelby

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

We're not going to end the Medicaid. We're going to give the governors more control and leeway to bring innovative reforms to…

— Paul Ryan

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

— Mehmet Oz

Actually, the New Deal's central dedication was to business recovery rather than social reform.

— Michael Parenti

With the growing influence of big money in politics, it's time for Congress to reform America's outdated campaign finance system.

— Ben Ray Lujan

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

Our aspiration must be to reform, upgrade and enlarge our education system - and to make it relevant to 21st century realities…

— Ram Nath Kovind

“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

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

[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger.…

— Noam Chomsky

...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their "sweetheart…

— Arundhati Roy

The Indians , whom we call barbarous, observe much more decency and civility in their discourses and conversation, giving one another a…

— John Locke

Many Americans today, just as they did 200 years ago, feel burdened, stifled, and sometimes even oppressed by government that has grown…

— Ronald Reagan

The states is where resistance is opposition to Obamacare is taking place. The states is where tax reform is taking place, starting.…

— Rush Limbaugh

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.

— Oscar Wilde

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

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

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.

— Bashar al-Assad