Tom Perez Quotes

We absolutely have to change the status quo in Washington.

Change: In politics, the substitution of one disappointment for another.

My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.

Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don't agree.

Of one thing I am certain: we are foolish if we think we will achieve change by sending the same crowd of people back to run our government again and again.

It is an observation of one of the profoundest inquirers into human affairs that a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.

It is easier to run a revolution than a government.

The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to save his throne when, after a long spell of oppression, he sets out to improve the lot of his subjects.

And I think Governor Romney has a shot if the 'R' next to his name doesn't just stand for 'Republican,' it stands for 'reformer.'

Only I can turn this country around.

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.

We didn't come here to become Washington, we came here to change Washington.

Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the people you send.

I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.

Tectonic shifts in American politics take time—often a long time.

New laws are written, and new men are made.

In government change is suspected.

We Republicans came to Washington to change it, and Washington changed us.

You can’t change Washington from the inside. You can only change Washington from the outside.

I’m going to take Tennessee ideas to Washington and make them work for the country.

Trump was elected, in large part, to disrupt everything that the WEF represents.

Cleaning up the mess in Washington is gonna take a whole lot of Iowa common sense.

I had this perception based on my own frustrations with Washington, but I didn't realize until I launched this campaign how much people are looking for a new generation of leadership and a new approach in Washington.

As a newcomer to politics, I knew in my bones that we as a country were better than what we see coming out of Washington. And we are.

Those who voted for me voted for change. Together we can change Poland.