Quotes About Reform

To reform an evildoer, you must before anything else help him to an awareness that what he did was evil. With the Nazis this won't be easy. They know exactly what they're doing: they just can't imagine it.

He accepted the social and political conditions as they were, made no endeavor to reform them, and confined himself exclusively to setting the value which they possessed for the kingdom of heaven.

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it

Corruption will be enemy number one.

The principal enemy of these entrepreneurs is the existing legal s}'stem, which excludes them.

the problem was not people but the law, which was discouraging and preventing people from being more productive.

The Revolution is your bride," he said. "As the Church is the Bride of Christ.

He, Cromwell, says to his visitors, just tell them this, and tell them loud: to each monk, one bed: to each bed, one monk. Is that so hard for them?

God knows," Charpentier said, "I like the present scheme of things very little, but I dread to think what will happen if the conduct of reform falls into hands like yours." "Reform?" Camille said. "I'm not talking about reform. The city will explode this summer.

Late May, he demanded without success the abolition of the death penalty.

On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should.

Unluckily, Governments cannot be enlightened, and a Government which regards itself as a diffuser of light is the least open to enlightenment.

In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of "freedom," like a bastard brother of reform.

My broader contention is that the focus on deplorable conditions may have assisted in shaping the public's view as to the abuses taking place but it did not lead to abolishing these spaces of confinement; instead, it led to calls to reform them, which often aided in prolonging and justifying their existence.

The real issue, as far as Democrats are concerned, is the number of people receiving something from the government. This is exactly what Franklin Delano Roosevelt had in mind when he created this monster. And Clinton is planning to expand it beyond Roosevelt's wildest dreams.

Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums that endanger Americans' access to quality medical care.

The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.

Evolving societal values indicate that the death penalty should be abolished in its entirety.

Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise isn't the presence of justice - and we must demand justice in Ferguson and the other 'Fergusons' around America.

The most remarkable thing about Calvin Coolidge is that he served for 67 months, and when he left office, the budget was lower than he came in. In real terms - in nominal terms with vanilla on top - he cut the budget year over year.

We need to get rid of the 16th amendment, and return to the original system that funds government with a variety of tariffs and duties.