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Reform Quotes

"Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming."

"Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Reform, Excess, Will

10

"Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain."

"Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain."

Peter Mandelson, British Politician

9

"Whether you are from Minnesota, Wisconsin or any other Northern tier state, you are not going to like the reimbursement formula. The problem we face is that we wouldn't have that formula if a majority of the states didn't like it, and they have the majority of the votes."

"Whether you are from Minnesota, Wisconsin or any other Northern tier state, you are not going to like the reimbursement formula. The problem we face is that we wouldn't have that formula if a majority of the states didn't like it, and they have the majority of the votes."

David Obey, American Politician

Reform, Formula, Majority, State, States

9

"Reform, that we may preserve."

"Reform, that we may preserve."

Thomas B. Macaulay, English Historian

7

"There's never a good year for immigration reform - that's why it's dragged on ineffectually for decades."

"There's never a good year for immigration reform - that's why it's dragged on ineffectually for decades."

Kenneth E. Scott, American Lawyer

6

"The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting."

"The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting."

William Kirby, English Scientist

6

"The unions and the auto companies have been unable to put a deal together that fundamentally restructures the industry. It needs to get done. The only way it's really going to get done is in bankruptcy court. They should have done it six months ago they should do it now."

"The unions and the auto companies have been unable to put a deal together that fundamentally restructures the industry. It needs to get done. The only way it's really going to get done is in bankruptcy court. They should have done it six months ago they should do it now."

Timothy Pawlenty, American Politician

Reform, Court, Months, Needs, Now

6

"What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit."

"What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit."

Ed Parker, American Athlete

Reform, Effect, Want

6

"Sometimes you have to break a rule to save the system."

"Sometimes you have to break a rule to save the system."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Reform, Change, Rebellion, Control, Choice

6

"Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently."

"Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently."

Rand Paul, American Politician

Reform, Day, Party, Tea, Want

5

"As for when to reform the yuan, there is no timetable yet."

"As for when to reform the yuan, there is no timetable yet."

Wu Yi, Chinese Politician

4

"Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding."

"Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Reform, Understanding, Will, World

4

"No nation can truly develop unless fanaticism, primitive superstitions and metaphysical non-sense are eradicated."

"No nation can truly develop unless fanaticism, primitive superstitions and metaphysical non-sense are eradicated."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Reform, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Future

4

"We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corporate madness."

"We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corporate madness."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Reform, Politics, Truth, Wisdom, Power

4

"For a nation to be corruption free, that culture must first be created through the proclamation and propaganda of a correspondent value system."

"For a nation to be corruption free, that culture must first be created through the proclamation and propaganda of a correspondent value system."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Reform, Nation, Corruption-Free, Culture, Value System

4

"Our government, media houses, schools, must focus on creating a new culture in our society."

"Our government, media houses, schools, must focus on creating a new culture in our society."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Reform, Government, Media, Schools, Culture

3

"Electricity should not be banned, it just needs much better government regulation and understanding by the medical profession of the full range of toxicity that it presents to the human."

"Electricity should not be banned, it just needs much better government regulation and understanding by the medical profession of the full range of toxicity that it presents to the human."

Steven Magee, British Author

Reform, Electricity, Health, Regulation, Awareness

2

"All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed."

"All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Reform, Truth, Inspirational, Power, Happiness

2

"All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing."

"All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

Reform, Morality, Change, Principle

2

"Rather than the kind of change that takes what we already have and augments it, like power to our cars and speed to our computers, I believe the kind of change we need now is a change of direction."

"Rather than the kind of change that takes what we already have and augments it, like power to our cars and speed to our computers, I believe the kind of change we need now is a change of direction."

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

Reform, Change, Direction, Future, Improvement

1

"It is essential to the triumph of reform that it shall never succeed."

"It is essential to the triumph of reform that it shall never succeed."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Reform, Success, Persistence, Resistance

"SCREW CHILDREN! That's the mantra of the world. Instead of burying them with a national debt, shoving them in shitty schools, drugging them if they don't comply, hitting them, yelling at them, indoctrinating them with religion and statism and patriotism and military worship, what if we just did what was right for them? The whole world is built on "screw children", and if we changed that, this would be an alien planet to us."

"SCREW CHILDREN! That's the mantra of the world. Instead of burying them with a national debt, shoving them in shitty schools, drugging them if they don't comply, hitting them, yelling at them, indoctrinating them with religion and statism and patriotism and military worship, what if we just did what was right for them? The whole world is built on "screw children", and if we changed that, this would be an alien planet to us."

Stefan Molyneux, Canadian Author

Reform, Children, Justice, Society, Future

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