The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up the problems of life. Men educated in it cannot be stampeded by stump orators ... They are slow to believe. They can hold things as possi...
It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research.
Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.
This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer.
Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and the American people. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen U.S. security and boost economic growth.
Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.
If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.
Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.
The majority of surveys throughout this Nation show that the American people are advocating for a comprehensive and realistic approach to immigration reform.
I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting - this thought reform process - in the military.
The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.
In 2007 the 'dagger' of an idea that killed President Bush's effort at reforming the immigration system was lax border security.
As reforms have come into India, as India has started opening up, prosperity is increasing, as is demand for urban housing.
I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.
Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence.
I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.
Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement.
When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally.
Republicans get a lot of money from big business, but they are not tied to the union dollar. As a result they have been aggressive advocates of school reform, charter schools and vouchers for private schools.
As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.
