Quotes About Reform

It's not enough for an official to be good. There has to be a system that forces them to be good.

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.

Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship.

We cannot make good news out of bad practice.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses.

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

I will fix it. I will make it good. I'll bring back our jobs. We'll have good education. We'll have great safety in the inner city.

The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.

You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.

The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year.

We're the highest taxed nation in the world. When I finish the plan, we'll be among the lower taxed, which is very good. I'd like to be the lowest, but you can't be the lowest.

I think people have good ideas on this. Clearly, we need to secure the border. Coming here legally needs to be a lot easier than coming here illegally.

President Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison yesterday. Obama said it was a good chance to talk about prison reform, and to catch up with so many former congressmen.

The Internal Revenue code has ballooned to a 5,600-page, 4 million-word complicated mess that is seven times as long as the Bible with none of the good news.

If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.

Reform is not for the short-winded. I'm committed to making sure the Senate is more than just a graveyard for good ideas.

Jeb Bush is very good on immigration, he's very good on education. He's a smart guy.

The good news is that we really do think that ... on the immigration issue, that we will, before summer, have comprehensive immigration reform.

The good news is that we have a very active part of America that wants some radical progress.

Much of what we see in America, what most people feel has been progress and good things, have been brought about by the existence of third parties.

Can't you ever get off for good behavior?" "Sure, if I was ever good.

If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point.

One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.