Reform Quotes

963 Reform quotes by 688 unique authors

The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When hopes of reform are dashed, people will rise up and seek revolution, — Xu Zhiyong
In his recent book, When Brute Force Fails, UCLA's Kleiman argues that new strategies for targeting repeat offenders--including reforms to make probation an effective sanction… — David Von Drehle
I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books . Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the… — Barack Obama
On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are… — Van Jones
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The task for Germany today is - through its own policies and its own structural reforms, its own investments - to support the EU and… — Sigmar Gabriel
This goes back to the main challenge we are facing, because Europe at the moment is not competitive. We have many imbalances and my big… — Mark Rutte
The American Communists had thrived as champions of domestic reform. — Earl Browder
The AMA puts the lives and well being of the American citizens well below it's own special interest...It deserves to be ignored, rejected, and forgotten.… — Edward Kennedy
You do not reform a world by ignoring it. — George H. W. Bush
The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still… — Andrew Greeley
Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by the fact that in various states reforms of private and… — Clara Zetkin
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. Answering why he had not implemented organizational reforms after five months when 'God… — Kofi Annan
For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I'm not ashamed anymore. — Mae West
It was just one year ago that the world saw this new, invigorated United Nations in action as this Council stood fast against aggression and… — George H. W. Bush
The one-sided exploitation of existential guilt is thought reform's trump card, and perhaps its most important source of emotional influence over its participants. Revolving around… — Robert Jay Lifton
The era of wild apples will soon be over. I wander through old orchards of great extent, now all gone to decay, all of native… — Henry David Thoreau
Please be assured that as we move along through the implementation of health insurance reform, making sure that we find efficiencies within the existing system,… — Valerie Jarrett
In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington. Early in… — Zell Miller
I'm really not one about reform, I'm about tearing it down, revolution — Aja Monet
I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is… — Dianne Feinstein
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the… — Jerry Brown
The list of non-democratic regimes that have seen significant reforms since 2001 is long and significant. — Ginny Brown-Waite
I believe in health care reform. — Joe Manchin

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