Quotes About Reform

I'm a very big public school advocate.

We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.

There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. If anything, we should be extending the school year.

I'm not a fan of public school at all; I think it's one of the greatest catastrophes of American history.

Charter schools were supposed to compete with public schools, and in turn, that competition was meant to improve education. But that wasn't the end result.

Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.

In public schools, classes are bloated - it's ridiculous.

Often times, when we talk about improving our public schools, it is easy to come back to the question of money. Are schools basically fine, just underfunded? Millennials say no - more funding isn't the cure-all for what ails our schools.

Just and equal society could be made by drastically improving the condition of India's public schools.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

As governor, I'll keep fighting for policies that will actually put more money in the pockets of workers, make it easier for everyone to get health care, and improve our public schools.

I am committed to elevating our public schools.

The Greek people deserve an economy that is not burdened forever by a heavy bureaucracy and a bloated public sector.

Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.

We should get rid of the SAT as fast as we can. Look, there are bigger problems in society. This is not the biggest problem we have. But it's so easy to get rid of it. Right? Just pull the plug.

It's hard to punish and save the banks at the same time.

If we're going to make a real dent in the bullying issue, we're going to have to address the bullies themselves: find ways to help empower them that don't include allowing them to be predators or to simply be punished.

We don't want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward.

We need a tax code that propels businesses to success rather than punishing them for their success.

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I think that if you eliminate the mistakes, then there are times when it is justified.

My goodness, the Democrats have just become the party of punishment, and they are carrying that to the extreme when it comes to health care.

Direct Grants, private schools which took huge numbers of state pupils, involved effective co-operation between state and private sectors - a thing all modern governments claim they want. So why were they abolished? And why aren't they now restored?

I want to level the playing field for people who want to purchase health insurance as individuals, and that means eliminating the exemption for employer-sponsored health care.