Reform Quotes

963 Reform quotes by 688 unique authors

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms. — Lucas Papademos
We need a reform of the Security Council. It must be perceived as truly representative by all the 191 member states, to uphold the credibility… — Anna Lindh
In the past 20 years and more since China embarked on the road of reform and opening up, we have moved steadfastly to promote political… — Hu Jintao
A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues. — Andrew Mellon
The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty. — Bill McCollum
There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act. — Grace Napolitano
Drawing on President Bush's reform plan, which would allow citizens to transfer part of their Social Security contributions into personal accounts, an alteration of the… — Jim Leach
Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children. — John Goodman
We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform. — Rodrigo Rato
Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency. — Diane Ravitch
Do not spill thy soul in running hither and yon, grieving over the mistakes and the vices of others. The one person whom it is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come upon his person… — Gautama Buddha
The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who wished to preserve Judaism - one who wished to reform… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along comes someone with a one… — Giuseppe Verdi
As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome.… — Henry Adams
Each nation has its own peculiar method of work. Some work through politics, some through social reforms, some through other lines. With us, religion is… — Swami Vivekananda
Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes India will die, in spite of politics, in spite of social reforms,… — Swami Vivekananda
Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones.… — Swami Vivekananda
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after decades… — Kofi Annan
A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and by which our… — Victoria Woodhull
May we hope that, when we are all dead and gone, leaders will arise who have been personally experienced in the hard, practical work, the… — Florence Nightingale
Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042. — Grace Napolitano
I'm convinced that welfare reforms deserve our support, both because they are better (or at least much less bad) for the animals involved (the Golden… — Bruce Friedrich
Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the achievement… — Gary L. Francione

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