Reform Quotes - Page 36

• The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.

  Bashar al-Assad

  People, Decision, Political

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• The budget caps were busted, mightily so. And we are reviewing with people like Judd Gregg from New Hampshire and others some budgetary reform measures that will reinstate - you know, possibly reinstate budgetary discipline. But the caps no longer - the caps, I guess they're there. But they didn't mean much.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Mean, Discipline

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• I've got a reason for running. I talk about a larger goal, which is to call upon the best of America. It's part of the renewal. It's reform and renewal. Part of the renewal is a set of high standards and to remind people that the greatness of America really does depend on neighbors helping neighbors and children finding mentors. I worry. I'm very worried about, you know, the kid who just wonders whether America is meant for him. I really worry about that.

  George W. Bush

  Running, Children, Humor

  "Bush, in his own words" by Jacob Weisberg, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2000.

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• Many state governments have launched innovative steps such as Ladli Laxmi scheme of Madhya Pradesh, PDS reform scheme of Chattisgarh, computerization of land records in Karnataka, free computers to students passing 10th standard exams, pollution control efforts in Himachal, power sector reforms in Rajasthan and Mumbai - Pune Expressway in Maharashta. These excellent innovative schemes are examples of good governance.

  Narendra Modi

  Government, Land, Pollution Control

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• The potential gains from improved stabilization policies are on the order of hundredths of a percent of consumption, perhaps two orders of magnitude smaller than the potential benefits of available supply-side fiscal reforms.

  Robert Lucas, Jr.

  Order, Two, Benefits

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• The Liberal Democrat Party and the Conservative Party come at things very differently when it comes to Europe. When it comes to political reform, we have a much greater tradition in the Liberal Democrats of social justice and fairness than the Conservatives do.

  Nick Clegg

  Party, Europe, Justice

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• The future of the Republican Party, all the different folks looking to lead the Republican Party at the national level in the future, recognize we should do immigration reform.

  Grover Norquist

  Party, Immigration, Different

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• I'm for tax reform, not tax increases.

  Grover Norquist

  Increase, Taxes, Tax Reform

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• Of all persecuted sects, the Baptists stand forth as most prominent, simply and only because they aim at a more complete and thorough reform than any others ever attempted. They teach that Christ's kingdom is not of this world; that the church is not a national, political, or provincial establishment; but a congregation of holy men, separated from the world by the receiving of the Holy Spirit.

  John Quincy Adams

  Men, Political, Church

  John Quincy Adams (1876). “Babtists, the Only Thorough Religious Reformers”, p.21

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• Slovakias joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

  John Mica

  Joining, Economic, Permit

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• I worry that the Senate is working to consider a series of little-noticed provisions in comprehensive immigration reform that may provide a pathway to a national ID card for all individuals present in the United States - citizens and noncitizens.

  Rand Paul

  Worry, Pathways, Immigration

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• We need a revival in the country,” Paul said. “We need another Great Awakening with tent revivals of thousands of people saying, 'reform or see what's going to happen if we don't reform.'

  Rand Paul

  Country, People, Needs

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• What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all the grandparents.

  Jeb Hensarling

  Grandparent, Generations, Able

  "Westboro Baptist Church Leader Talks Supreme Court Ruling; Sen. Durbin, Rep. Hensarling on Budget Battle". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 6, 2011.

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• I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope.

  Adam Rapp

  School, Community, Support

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• The national debate on health-care reform wildly misses the mark, with Democrats and Republicans alike arguing about who's going to pay rather than about what would actually make people healthy.

  T. Colin Campbell

  People, Missing, Healthy

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• While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid.

  Fred Upton

  Needs, Entitlement, Obsessed

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• Unfortunately, the (budget) does not . . . help Congress reform such programs as Medicaid and Medicare, which both grow at average rate of around 8 percent each year through 2015 and will continue to eat up more of the total federal budget.

  John Cornyn

  Average, Years, Doe

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• In every industrialized nation, the movement to reform health care has begun with stories about cruelty.

  Atul Gawande

  Stories, Movement, Care

  "Annals of Public Policy" by Atul Gawande, www.newyorker.com. January 26, 2009.

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• We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the boat fiscally for the United States.

  Kent Conrad

  United States, Swamps, Care

  "State of the Union" with John King, www.cnn.com. March 29, 2009.

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• The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system which puts profits ahead of quality care for its patients.

  Jerrold Nadler

  Quality, Benefits, Care

  "My Open Letter on Health Insurance Reform" by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2009.

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• What, after all, is the narrative of the American Dream? It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in the United States during the great waves of migration and expansion and reforms of the Progressive Era.

  Naomi Wolf

  Dream, Expansion, United States

  "How the Mitt Romney video killed the American Dream" by Naomi Wolf, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2012.

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• ...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their "sweetheart deals," to corporatize the crops we grow, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the dreams we dream, corporate globalization needs an international confederation of loyal, corrupt, authoritarian governments in poorer countries to push through unpopular reforms and quell the mutinies. Corporate Globalization-or shall we call it by its name?-Imperialism-needs a press that pretends to be free. It needs courts that pretend to dispense justice.

  Arundhati Roy

  Country, Dream, Fighting

  California River Watch 2011 Annual Statement, criverwatch.org. 2011.

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• I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.

  Mario Monti

  Believe, People, Culture

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• America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.

  Hank Johnson

  America, Common Sense, Immigration

  "Time Is Right for Comprehensive Immigration Reform" by Rep. Hank Johnson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 10, 2013.

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

  Susana Martinez

  Needs, Care, Latino

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