Negotiation Quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than…

— Sanjaya Baru

“It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence, and…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“What's good for reform is bad for the reformers”

— Loren D. Estleman Gas City

“But in many other cases, just the opposite takes place, and the process of political centralization also ushers in an era of greater absolutism.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

“The people will take a certain amount of reform, then they want a rest. But the reforms stay.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

“...No reformer is worthy of the name if he fails to be the ultimate pacesetter in his own reform drive...”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.

— John W. Gardner

“And is it not sects, bodies of definite, uncompromising principles, that lead us into revolutions?”

— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

— Lydia M. Child

“I detested revolutions; I believed, instead, in reconciliation and reform.”

— Maziar Bahari

“And then what happens to the reformer, lover? He either has to build up a political machine or else he’s defeated at the next…

— Erle Stanley Gardner

“...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress…

— Theodore Roosevelt