Reform Quotes

“Eight hours' daily labour is enough for any human being, and under proper arrangements ought to be productive of more than sufficient for all his wants.”

“To create a new society for the rising generation, which shall be founded on the principles of truth, justice, and kindness.”

“The history of science is sodden with failed reformers.”

“Reform, that you may preserve.”

“Structural reforms are painful in the short term, but necessary for long-term growth.”

“Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases.”

“There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.”

“We have had a Copernican revolution in our understanding of the child but not in our educational practice.”

“Of all the plagues which infest society, corporal punishment is the most extensive and injurious.”

“The purpose of our reform is to establish a socialist market economy.”

“Land monopoly is the most oppressive of all monopolies.”

“Term limits are a good way to get new blood and new ideas into Congress.”

“Our nation’s capital has become a broken institution.”

“There's a need to reform appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court, and I'm not the only one who's noticed.”

“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.”

“Privatization is the core of our economic reform agenda.”

“I have opened the floodgates and I can't close them.”

“When you have a system that is not transparent, you have a system that is ripe for abuse.”

“A society that is not clamoring for social reform is a dead society.”

“What is the use of talking about housing the people, when you are not prepared to do a single thing to get the land?”