Top 1200 Reform Movements Quotes & Sayings - Page 20
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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.
There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on.
The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood!
Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government.
Opponents of health care reform would take away consumer protections - siding with the insurance industry instead of the middle class. We can't afford that.
Suddenly many movements are going on within me, many things are happening, there is an almost unbearable sense of sprouting, of bursting encasements, of moving kernels, expanding flesh.
Maybe when they no longer receive Sierra magazine in their mailboxes, journalists will understand how campaign finance reform abridges free speech.
Prosecutors committed to reform need talented staff members who share that commitment, and our best legal talent should flock to their offices.
The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.'
The Liberal Party abandoned the principles of reform and social liberalism and has become, instead, just another piece of political machinery in the service of corporatism.
Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity's willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, reimagine, and reconsider.
We will proceed with current land reform with or without sanctions, ... Let that position be known here and abroad and let the commercial farmers tell that to their constituency or constituencies overseas.
For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I'm not ashamed anymore.
We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with border security.
Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.
If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform.
You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.
On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.
I don't think political reform is likely to succeed. [Senators Tom] Udall and [Ron] Wyden, on the intelligence committee, have been sounding the alarm, but they are a minority.
For many oppositional movements, the Internet, while providing the opportunity to distribute information more quickly and cheaper, may have actually made their struggle more difficult in the long run.
Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
I like to use my own language. Political movements are like living creatures - they develop. Each document expresses the times, the different stages and is part of the natural development.
Immigrants are integral to the strength of our nation. They deserve comprehensive reform that will provide a pathway to citizenship and ensure that families aren't torn apart.
No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening - still all is Beauty!
I was wholly unprepared for the extraordinary attitude of the medical world in its readiness to condemn anything that smacked of reform or that ran contrary to approved methods of practice.
Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform.
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.
I'm not talking about reforming #Islam..it is to reform the #Muslim minds & the Muslim understandings of the texts.
Without significant reform, the Social Security Administration will be legally and financially unable to pay full promised benefits within a generation.
In pursuing reform, we have to navigate uncharted waters. We may also have to confront protracted problems because we will have to shake up vested interests.
We have history as a guide, and history suggests that this brand of comprehensive reform ... is a recipe for failure.
History shows that there is no more potent engine for reform than the passion of voters who feel betrayed by the politicians they hoped would do the right thing.
That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.
There is such a thing as commonsense middle-ground gun reform, and most gun owners support it.
To finally reform higher education, we should start by asking fundamental questions, such as, Why does it take four years to get a degree?
Senator Marco 'amnesty' Rubio, while proponents of immigration reform say the Florida Republican was quick to retreat when the going got tough.
If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.
We must have sweeping, generous immigration reform, make existing law- abiding Hispanics welcome. Most are hard working family people.
Reform Jews are the children of Conservative Jews, or as they are sometimes known, Christians with curlier hair.
My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.
We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.
I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make, and that's a good way of talking to musicians. Particularly bass players.
We fall into states of illusion - we forget all this. We get caught up in desires, frustrations, political movements, philosophies, religions, the getting of a living, the pain of a body, the pleasure of a body.
In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens.
Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.
Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.
Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world.
It's not just the right-wing crazies who oppose health reform. In addition, there are many sane Americans who worry about committing a trillion dollars to it.
It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth.
You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education.
I am well aware that, if my endorsement is meaningful and helpful to Huckabee, it is because my father devoted so much of his life and ministry to cultural reform.
Do not spill thy soul in running hither and yon, grieving over the mistakes and the vices of others. The one person whom it is most necessary to reform is yourself.
The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.
Spirit was a by-product of activity, like the reflection from a spinning fan blade, and our souls in the end did not reside within us but flowed outward from our movements.
As we continue to work to pass comprehensive immigration reform, we must take action to stop these predators who are exploiting immigrants attempting to play by the rules.
Sometimes going to jail is just the price you have to pay for social reform or social change.
We need for America to get back to basics and focus on the middle class's quality of life. Healthcare reform is vital to restoring that standard of living.
I believe in health care reform. I don't believe in the way this bill was passed.
