Quotes About Reform

We need transformational change of our criminal justice system - not just, you know, a handful of consent decrees or policy reforms.

Our laws must be fixed to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. We have to keep speaking out for common-sense reforms. If we do, we can beat the gun lobby and save lives.

With continued prayer and an equally-determined commitment to action for needed anti-violence reforms, let us resolve to work toward a new era in which every American child and every adult are protected from the ravages of brutality, safe and secure in our homes and schools and communities.

I think that in order to make revolution, you need to make reforms, but you should make these reforms with revolution in mind.

We are for pension reform, jobs, the flat tax, and justice reforms.

We need to give the prime minister of the day a chance. If he or she cannot win an election, so be it. But no prime minister can push through the reforms we need if they cannot even finish a term in office.

Unless there is a strong movement of citizens, who are the consumers of justice, we are hardly likely to see any serious judicial reforms in this country.

Protecting those with pre-existing conditions was one of the greatest health care reforms in our country's history and must be protected at all costs.

I hope we can figure out the reforms, educate and really retrain our police officers. Getting people to understand that just because I grew up a different way and my lifestyle's different, doesn't mean that you need to be afraid of me.

Refugee policy is only one part of immigration law needing a drastic overhaul.

The problems that ail the U.S. economy and American society are one and the same: Both consume too much and refuse to make badly needed changes. This is true above all in the realm of energy.

I don't think it's helpful to go dismantling the past, but you can refuse to honor aspects of it that you don't believe in anymore.

Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility.

When they regain the right to vote, formerly incarcerated individuals know that they have a real voice in impacting change in their community.

Every law out there is to protect the safety of every individual, regardless of their age and regardless of their race. And so, if those laws are not working, then we need to work to change them.

That is what I want: I want a better Saudi Arabia. I don't see myself as an opposition. I'm not calling for the overthrow of the regime, because I know it's not possible and is too risky, and there is no one to overthrow the regime. I'm just calling for reform of the regime.

Instead of putting someone in prison for being a hooligan, give him a choice. He may have beaten someone up and he's got eight years, but tell him you can do eight years inside or spend five years in the Army. Put him in the Parachute Regiment, they'd soon sort him out.

Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region.

An open, market-oriented, and peaceful Iraq could also advance reform and growth across the entire region.

We need to cut the pensions and annuities of parliamentarians, regional councilors, and employees of constitutional bodies.

There's a bigger percentage of good cops than bad cops. But the bad cops should be penalised like regular people.

A major part of the conservative plans to reform Medicaid turn on the assumption that states will be better able to manage the program, and deliver its benefits, free from all the intrusive regulation that Washington imposes.

I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies.

Police forces across America need root-to-stem changes - to their internal cultures, training and hiring practices, insurance, and governing regulations.