Quotes About Reform

We are not intoxicated by power. We are concerned about the betterment of the poor, marginalised, oppressed, farmers, women, those living in villages, and every section of society.

In my years in public service, I have advocated for reforms to our unforgiving and vindictive legal system.

The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty.

Bolivia was the first country to stop hyperinflation in a democracy without depriving people of their civil rights and without violating human rights.

I just always believe that we should not reward people with citizenship whose first act in this country was a violation of the law. And I continue to hold that view. But let me say, I think there is plenty of room here for compassion. And there's plenty of room here for crafting a solution that will deal with this issue in the long term.

Putting a stop to internet gambling is a necessary reform that targets flagrant violations of state and federal laws.

In fairness, Latin America's elected civilian leaders have made progress in some areas. They have brought their countries back to international respectability, curbed flagrant human rights violations, and sought to build democratic political institutions.

Democracy in Myanmar cannot be achieved with discrimination and gross violations of human rights.

If we start treating addiction as a public health issue, with more compassion, and without the criminal element, our society will be better off and violence and public safety will improve as a result. We'll also be taking a big step in taking down the prison-industrial complex that disproportionately harms communities of color.

In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture - in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.

You can't change the system through violence.

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

I've never been jailed for a crime of violence.

Very few police officers are ever held accountable for even the most egregious shootings and acts of violence.

Many original occupiers believe the political system has become so corrupt that even participating in it, engaging with it, corrupts the movement. I understand what they are saying. But often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. My advice: try both. But don't try violence.

We need to do something about the culture of violence.

Real change is always violent, but it may hurt a lot less than what's in place before the violence occurs.

Police cannot be allowed to continue aggressive, violent, and often unconstitutional policing with impunity.

The question should not be whether or not police are allowed to confront suspects; it should be about how we train them. The question should not be whether we have police; it should be how we use them. The question should not be whether judges should have the ability to protect New Yorkers from violent offenders; it should be how we let them.

We should not have people in prisons and jails who aren't a violent threat.

I am an enemy to revolutions. I abhor, both from temper and from the clearest judgment I am able to form, all violent convulsions in the affairs of men.

I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.

Every single person in jail for a violent crime had a nightmare childhood.

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