Reform Quotes

963 Reform quotes by 688 unique authors

Remorse begets reform. — William Cowper
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform. — Alexis de Tocqueville
It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for… — John Jay Chapman
He who regulates everything by laws, is more likely to arouse vices than reform them. — Baruch Spinoza
Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that they're… — Lawrence Reed
The attempt of Lavoisier to reform chemical nomenclature is premature. One single experiment may destroy the whole filiation of his terms; and his string of… — Thomas Jefferson
Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this… — Elizabeth Hardwick
Until politics are a branch of science, we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium. — John B. S. Haldane
It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even… — Mahatma Gandhi
This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform peaceably, which must otherwise be… — Thomas Jefferson
Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning… — Peter of Alcantara
Kaizen and innovation are the two major strategies people use to create change. Where innovation demands shocking and radical reform, all kaizen asks is that… — Robert D. Maurer
Reform is born of need, not pity. — Rebecca Harding Davis
At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted for spending reform, but in a targeted fashion that… — Pete Hegseth
Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action. — George Gillespie
A [tax loophole is] something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform. — Russell B. Long
Tax reform means, "Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree." — Russell B. Long
What the founders of modern science, among them Galileo, had to do, was not to criticize and to combat certain faulty theories, and to correct… — Unknown Author
This example illustrates the differences in the effects which may be produced by research in pure or applied science. A research on the lines of… — Joseph John Thomson
...the transition from capitalism to Socialism and the liberation of the working class from the yoke of capitalism cannot be effected by slow changes, by… — J Stalin
Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity's willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, reimagine, and… — Paul Hawken
The Indian Bureau system is wrong. The only way to adjust wrong is to abolish it, and the only reform is to let my people… — Unknown Author
Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform, education, health, anti-social… — Tony Blair
Personally I do not resort to force- not even the force of law- to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all… — Rutherford B. Hayes
We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy. — Tom Peters

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