Quotes About Reform

Make government what it ought to be, and it will support itself.

Whatever the apparent cause of any riots may be, the real one is always want of happiness. It shows that something is wrong in the system of government, that injures the felicity by which society is to be preserved.

The revolution of America presented in politics what was only theory in mechanics. So deeply rooted were all the governments of the old world, and so effectually had the tyranny and the antiquity of habit established itself over the mind, that no beginning could be made in Asia, Africa, or Europe, to reform the political condition of man. Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.

Teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.

I have always held it an opinion (making it also my practice) that it is better to obey a bad law, making use at the same time of every argument to shew its errors and procure its repeal, than forcibly to violate it; because the precedent of breaking a bad law might weaken the force, and lead to a discretionary violation, of those which are good.

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.

In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area - crime, education, housing, race relations - the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.

The word preached is not only to inform you but reform you;

Sir, we're maiming both our employees and our customers. Our legal department can't keep up with the suits. Something needs to be done." "You're right," Dempsey finally conceded. "Increase our contributions for tort reform.

Jail ain't for nobody.

I don't want to go to Washington to be a co-sponsor of some bland little bill nobody cares about. I don't want to go to Washington to get my name on something that makes small change at the margin.

Stop the nonsense about 'student-athlete.'

I want to change the game and break through the nonsense without any Establishment help.

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative!

As first lady, Hillary Clinton spent the early months of her husband's administration drafting healthcare-reform legislation, only to see it put on the back burner by the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect.

The Affordable Care Act is not perfect, and I would vote to build on its success while fixing what doesn't work.

The A.C.A. is not perfect, but it has helped us move forward.

What a fantastic move against black money to ban Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes.

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.

We need to notice and be aware of the injustices embedded in our criminal system.

The revolution is really easy to do nowadays.

We are not anti-immigration. We are against chain migration, except for the nuclear family. We want a merit-based system that is really based on economic needs.