Quotes About Reform

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.

Social Security is neither social, nor secure.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

Stop wasting jail space on prostitutes, drug users and other victimless criminals. Even if we find it morally acceptable to imprison these people for choices they make regarding their bodies, we must realize that we simply cannot afford to continue clogging the court system and the prison system with these harmless criminals.

The readiness with which men accustom themselves, as matters of course, to improvements in their condition, which, when anticipated, seemed to leave nothing more to be desired, could not be more strikingly illustrated. What reflection could be better calculated to moderate the enthusiasm of reformers who count for their reward on the lively gratitude of future ages!

Amend your ways and your doings.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

There is a curious mental stimulus to a good but stupid woman in a bad man's badness. If she has a touch of the reformer in her, as most good women have, she soon becomes obsessed with the futile desire to save him from himself. And in seven cases out of ten her first step in doing so is to descend to his level. "Not

the constitution's various parts were so mutually interdependent that reform within the rules was next to impossible. AS a result, radicals found that they had little choice other than to set themselves beyond and against the law.

Direct taxation for Roman citizens living in Italy was abolished.

I firmly believe we can bring back free and fair competition to the health care marketplace that will benefit consumers and providers alike.

In view of the importance of education, Punjab government is making all-out efforts for the promotion of education throughout the province.

The few effective provisions of Dodd-Frank are masked by its many flaws - flaws that have been and will continue to be detrimental to the American economy and our financial future if not reversed.

We think we can contribute something toward the improvement of public education in our country.

It is possible to have a public education system that works.

To pine for the days before public education became a practical reality is to pine for an America held back by mass ignorance and mass illiteracy.

What happens once you get a felony conviction? Now you are entering this American caste system where you can't get a job, you can't get a loan, you can't get a Pell grant, you can't get public housing.

I will, based on the existing ROC constitutional system, based on democratic principles, on the basis of the largest public opinion, promote cross-strait policy.

Restoring the right to vote to individuals who have served their term in prison is also a common-sense public safety measure.

Unfortunately, if the man who leaves the prison gates is just as likely or - as is sometimes grievously the case - more likely to offend as he was when he entered them, then we fail not only the individual but public safety as well.

Our public school system is our country's biggest and most inefficient monopoly, yet it keeps demanding more and more money.

I am increasingly ready to junk the public school system.

In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly.