Dealing Quote by Chuck Hagel

It's important to remember, when we're out there aggressively working for reform, that, even if our particular issue doesn't get resolved, we are adding…

— Pema Chodron

If election is your goal, you're never going to engage in reform. Reform has to be your goal. Election is the means. You run…

— Ashraf Ghani

“Large-scale reforms usually require either a crisis, which makes them unavoidable, or a framework that builds popular support along with an effective advocate to…

— Eswar S Prasad

Don't throw up your hands or abandon your values when you run into political difficulties. Stop, get a sense of the political terrain, and…

— Joseph Badaracco

“Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform — (or pause and reflect).”

— Mark Twain

In pursuing reform, we have to navigate uncharted waters. We may also have to confront protracted problems because we will have to shake up…

— Li Keqiang

One of the things that happens that's challenging within the democratic process is that people say, 'Look at this failure, so we should totally…

— Reid Hoffman

It's important for me to fight for principles. But I am not willing to cope with the nastiness of politics anymore and the endless…

— Ingrid Betancourt

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

The effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp it.

— Karl Rove

I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those who have the tolerance and self-restraint that is required…

— Bertrand Russell

Yet in a society of conflicting interests the only democratic way in which matters can be improved is through politics, and politics means the…

— Gore Vidal