Bill Moyers Quotes

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone, you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone, you leave it to a torrent of change.

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.

If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes.

I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.

Movement isn't progress.

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.

Nobody wants to change.

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. And unfortunately, it is also the definition of Canadian politics.

All political action aims at either preservation or change.

The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit. Otherwise degeneration gains the upper hand and the whole humanity is led stray by the reactionary forces. Such a state of affairs leads to stagnation and paralysis in human progress. The spirit of Revolution should always permeate the soul of humanity, so that the reactionary forces may not accumulate to check its eternal onward march.

The move to modernity has its risks but the greater risk is not moving at all.

Inertia is as powerful a force in society and politics as it is on physics, and effecting change can be demanding and discouraging.

The one thing I couldn't imagine is stopping still.

Everyone wants change. Donald is the only one that can deliver it. We should not be satisfied with stagnation.

It's impossible to always move forward, but sometimes even maintaining the status quo is enough.

No change, no chance.

The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.

Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small, now is not the time for the same-old, same-old establishment politics and stale inside-the-Beltway ideas.

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

The only menace is inertia.

Those who don't want to change, let them sleep.

I am a progressive who gets things done. And the root of that word, progressive, is progress.