Quotes About Reform

Politicians need a film appreciation course.

Many people leave government disillusioned about its ability to achieve change and cynical about politicians. I left with rather opposite lessons.

We can do better, and we must hold the politicians accountable to do better.

I do think the public want to see politicians acting in a different way. What's brought young people into our campaign is that they were written off by political parties but they had never written off politics, and what we have is a huge number of young people, very enthusiastic and brimming with ideas. Those ideas have got to be heard.

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.

This country has moved away from the politics of caste, nepotism, and appeasement.

We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.

Right to Information is a small concrete step in making our polity more democratic.

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

To deal with local pollution, China has put on the agenda the capping of coal, which has long been a sensitive issue.

Anything that is not good for the poor people of India is not the policy of the Congress Party.

Mexico has not achieved the advances that the population demands or deserves.

For too long, we financed our schools in a way that has systematically left large segments of our population behind.

We the people say it loud and clear every Election Day, in high-crime periods as well as peaceful stretches - More of our population needs to be behind bars.

The states have never had a voice when it comes to immigration or population policy. I think that needs to change.

Abolish the monarchy. That is my populist take.

We are doing politics differently - smart, populist, political movement.

When I get to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork. Washington is full of big spenders. Let's make them squeal.

Bring market forces to bear on health care insurers. Creating a health care 'exchange,' one of the better ideas included in House Bill 3200, creates affordable, accessible and portable insurance for millions of Americans.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

I think the majority of politicians keep their positions for too long.

In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.

The courts have become grotesquely dictatorial and far too powerful.