Famous Quotes & Sayings

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.

There is mounting anger in Western business circles over the lack of radical liberal reforms and the failure to establish a functioning legal system.

There is going to be a mega-debate. The momentum toward legislative reform is very strong.

There is general agreement on the direction of economic policy, anti-corruption, reform of state-owned enterprises.

The purpose of engaging strategic investors in the shareholding reform is not to collect funds to raise the capital adequacy ratio of the state-owned commercial banks, but to learn from the expertise of our foreign counterparts in service, management and internal control to improve the competitiveness of China's banking sector.

Katsuya Okada

The people had hopes that Koizumi would change the LDP, but he was not able to do that. Rather, domestic reform has not progressed, and foreign policy is beset on all sides.

Ethan Nadelmann

We took two steps forward with the reforms in December, and one more step yesterday. But we still have 10 steps more to go.

We're on board with the governor's reform plan, but it's hard to get people motivated when you're not fighting back. He has to step it up.

When he went in 2001, it was almost exclusively military people. He was trying to convince them of the need for reform. Now, if he's bringing technocrats, he's trying to give examples of how reforms could take place.

Peter Mueller

What is decisive is what actually happens, ... The need for reform in those fields is undisputed. If we don't manage to agree on real, far-reaching reforms here, the grand coalition would be meaningless.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

If we here in this chamber don't work together to reform the government, the people will rise up and reform it themselves. And I will join them. And I will fight with them.

Danny Meyer

I grew up in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis. Our idea of Judaism was no bar mitzvahs and a Christmas tree that had a skirt at the bottom embroidered with the names of my grandparents.

Chris Edwards

If they repeal the AMT, they've got to replace it with higher taxes somewhere else, ... Tax reform could mean a big looming tax increase for a lot of people.

Tom Cole

If we can do something positive on Katrina relief or immigration reform we'll be fine by the end of the year.

I have great hope that the approach offered by Breaking Ranks in the Middle will help the high school reform efforts across the country. Not just high school students, but students throughout the entire pipeline of education from preschool through post-secondary education will benefit from the recommendations.

Junichiro Koizumi

I have been pressing for wide-ranging structural reforms in areas such as finance, taxation, regulation and expenditure, in order to revive and move forward our country since I took office,

Jan Eliasson

I have decided to be in a listening mode on this issue (Security Council reform). It is an important part of the reform agenda, but it requires careful nurture.

David Dewhurst

I have been very restrained in my comments about the House and the House leadership. But Speaker Craddick and I have a different point of view, ... I think the Legislature ought to reform our schools, not the courts.

Eric Holder

I'd like to continue being involved with issues that animated my time as attorney general - criminal-justice reform and civil rights especially. I don't just want to give speeches; I'd like to involve myself in this work in a systematic way.

We support reform of the U.S. immigration system, but we also estimate about 20 percent of the current residential construction workforce nationwide is composed of foreign-born workers.

We support comprehensive immigration reform including a solution that provides better control over our borders and more effective tools to help companies verify the documents of the people they hire. We also support a guest worker program and a process for undocumented workers already in the U.S. to be able to earn permanent legal status.

We are extremely pleased with the demand for our global bond issue. We believe this affirms investor confidence in the Philippines and its ability to move forward with the policy reforms necessary to sustain economic growth,

Theresa May

Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.

What you're seeing here is an attempt by reform politicians to take control away from vested interests. I don't know what to expect, because I simply don't know how powerful these guys are.

What you had at that time was a president really interested in tax reform and a very skillful Treasury secretary (James Baker) interested in advancing the ideal.

Here is a radical and reforming commissioner making major changes to the police who has many enemies in there, who really don't want to see those changes,

HAVA contains important reforms designed to ensure that elections for federal office will both allow access to all voters and ensure the integrity of the process.

Having an endangered or candidate species on your property should be a good thing, something a landowner can be proud of, not something to avoid. With the administrative reforms we have made to the Endangered Species Act, such as safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and candidate conservation agreements with assurances, ranchers, timber companies and other landowners are able to participate in the conservation of at-risk species without the concern that their future plans may be delayed or halted.

He's been trying to cover up his record on ethics reform throughout this process.

Historically we've seen an increase in the number of persons applying to be naturalized anytime immigration reform is being discussed nationally. We saw it in the 1990s, and we are seeing it now.

I am honored that Congressman Ryan will be addressing students and interns about reform of Social Security and other issues. Social Security represents a crisis for young people because they don't have a choice, and Ryan's leadership has been strong.

David Blunkett

I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or operation of parliament.

Nursultan Nazarbayev

I announced my consent to run for reelection as I intend to continue the policy of consolidating society, bringing stability to our nation and conduct complicated reforms we have just started,