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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Reform'

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Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
Barbara Boxer, American Politician (1940-  )
With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has not been strongly insisted upon.
John Bright, British Politician (1811-1889)
Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom.
John Bright, British Politician (1811-1889)
I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago.
John Bright, British Politician (1811-1889)
The American Communists had thrived as champions of domestic reform.
Earl Browder, American Activist (1891-1973)
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now.
Jerry Brown, American Politician (1938-  )
Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before.
Art Buchwald, American Journalist (1925-2007)
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech.
James L. Buckley, American Politician (1923-  )
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, -
To innovate is not to reform.
Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman (1729-1797)
I am only doing now what I have ever done; and ever will continue to do - that is adapting past experience to present reform in the light of high ideals and future objects.
John Burns, English Activist (1858-1943)
I think I'm better than all the people who are trying to reform me.
Paul Butterfield, American Musician (1942-1987)
Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.
Herman Cain, American Businessman (1945-  )
What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60 years. I think it will have a transformative effect in making sure that everyone is better off in work and better off working rather than on benefits.
David Cameron, British Politician (1966-  )
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.
Kim Campbell, Canadian Statesman (1947-  )
The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service.
Donald L. Carcieri, American Politician (1942-  )
Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region.
Frank Carlucci, American Politician (1930-  )
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher (1795-1881)
Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher (1795-1881)
For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.
Mel Carnahan, American Politician (1934-2000)
 
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