Top 1200 Political Reform Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

We have a lot of folks who talk about immigration reform but haven't put their name on a bill.

[T]here are, at bottom, basically two ways to order social affairs, Coercively, through the mechanisms of the state - what we can call political society. And voluntarily, through the private interaction of individuals and associations - what we can call civil society. ... In a civil society, you make the decision. In a political society, someone else does. ... Civil society is based on reason, eloquence, and persuasion, which is to say voluntarism. Political society, on the other hand, is based on force.

National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.

Emancipation of belief is the most formidable of the tasks of reform and the one on which all else depends.

The wrong people will do everything in their power to guarantee that the wrong political climate will continue. It seems, then, that the wrong people ensure the wrong political climate and the wrong political climate ensures the wrong people. How then to break free of this vicious circle?

We want to make sure that tax reform doesn't increase the size of the deficit.

There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.

The venerable Robert E. Lee has taken some vicious hits, as dishonest or misinformed advocates among political interest groups and in academia attempt to twist yesterday's America into a fantasy that might better service the political issues of today.

We will not reform the yuan until the time is right even if there is external pressure.

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten.

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

In my own experience, I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party - democratic or totalitarian - through study and comparison of principles.

I promise you, ABBA will never reform - I couldn't bear the stress of disappointing everyone.

Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.

It's correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition.

The Iraqi National Guard needs to become a reality in order to give hope to the Sunni population, and Sunni leaders that have been the focus of political prosecution should be included in the discussions of Iraq's political future.

I articulate the deepest need of the Filipino people, which is reform of a corrupt culture.

If someone really wanted to end Medicare, they wouldn't propose a reform: they would do nothing.

When Congress talks of tax reform, grab your wallet and run for cover.

What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can build a social democratic settlement, whether we can lay the political and cultural foundations for the next several years.

The reform of a college English department cuts no ice down at the corner garage.

Immigration reform almost happened under President George W. Bush. Twice. And it was comprehensive.

It's not in the mainstream media, but across towns, it is amazing how there are small groups of people getting together and forming artistic collectives - they may not be being overtly political, but I'd say by channelling their energy into community projects, that's a valid political statement.

I believe that the biblical teaching is clear. It always contests political power. It incites to "counterpower," to "positive" criticism, to an irreducible dialogue (like that between king and prophet in Israel), to antistatism, to a decentralizing of the relation, to an extreme relativizing of everything political, to an anti-ideology, to a questioning of all that claims either power or dominion (in other words, of all things political), and finally, if we may use a modern term, to a kind of "anarchism" (so long as we do not relate the term to the anarchist teaching of the nineteenth century).

It is my earnest hope that all parties across the political spectrum will bear Hong Kong's long-term interests in mind, apply their political wisdom, and seek a consensus through open and rational communication with people of different views.

I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.

I have, ever since the first day of my campaign, called for criminal justice reform.

One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian.' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to the uninitiated, faintly dangerous. Actually, it's just one more bullshit political philosophy.

Let's be clear on one thing, the corporate media in America is no longer involved in journalism. They're a political special interest no different than any lobbyist or other financial entity with a total political agenda, and the agenda is not for you, it's for themselves.

A politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform.

Despite the fact that the country was electing Republicans, Obama wasn't being stopped, and it's because of the political system. The political system has evolved into a giant bureaucracy, the primary purpose of which is self-preservation, not fixing anything.

The name of 'reform' simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.

It's time to recognize that the EU is beyond reform and deserves to be put out of its misery.

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.

Comprehensive immigration reform would reduce the deficit and help grow the economy.

It is in our national interest for Congress to act on immigration reform in a comprehensive manner.

I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.

One of the peculiarities of Delhi is that the term 'reform' is associated only with passing of laws in Parliament.

There have been waves of reform in the past. I see no reason why they wouldn't happen again.

I think [Pope] Francis intends to forge ahead with his reform agenda.

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.

Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money.

Oil-for-food shows the need for reform. There was fraud, corruption, mismanagement

It is clear that United States immigration policy is badly in need of reform.

I'm writing a political comedy that takes place in Canada in Quebec. It's funny. Saying political comedy is a little redundant but it's a first. I've never done any comedy per se.

Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left.

But a people unable to reform will not be able to preserve its old culture either.

Prison reform, peace, and a presidential pardon - just a portion of Kushner's portfolio.

There was an event called the World Transformed, which was set up by Momentum, and people from across the political spectrum have had to tip their hat to it. It's vibrant, with interesting discussions and ideas. That's why it's such an interesting political moment.

Labor has a proud history of tackling discrimination and introducing important social reform.

If immigration reform was easy, Congress would have dealt with it 15 years ago.

I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.

Social reform is the desperate decision to remove corns from a person suffering from cancer.

I'm for immigration reform. I think the system's horribly broken, and we need to do something about it.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

The American political scientist Francis Fukuyama has argued that liberal democracies, with their political freedom and economic success, have three important pillars: a strong government, the rule of law, and democratic accountability. I would add a fourth: free markets.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster.

When hopes of reform are dashed, people will rise up and seek revolution.