Junichiro Koizumi Quotes

Lobbying, in large part, is conducted to prevent change from happening.

Don't count on Congress. Laws come into being because people on the ground demand it.

Changing social policy is just dogged hard work.

The House of Lords must go - not be reformed, not be replaced, not be reborn in some nominated life-after-death patronage paradise, just closed down, abolished, finished.

I continue faithful to the measure of Parliamentary reform brought forward by Mr. Pitt. I am firmly persuaded that at present a prodigious majority of the people of this country are adverse to the measure. In my view, so far from being an objection to the discussion, this is rather a recommendation.

You can’t fix the things that bother you the most by passing a law.

Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital.

I try to surround myself with the people who genuinely believe in changing things, that are angry about it and want to make changes and want to make a change and are willing.

I've pretty much always used my positions as a bully pulpit. What that means is strongly advocating for the things I feel are really important. Gun violence, to me, is the highest-priority public-health issue, and I have to make sure Congress is aware of it, the American people are aware of it, the president is aware of it, and that we all begin together to develop policies to exterminate the disease - the epidemic, really - of gun violence.

The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.

On the strength of strong public support, I will have (the postal reform bills) passed within this session.

I think the air is out of the gun control balloon, and I think what popped the balloon is politics and elections.

When it comes to the SAFE Act, when it comes to rolling back Common Core, I recognize that I need Assembly Democrats to make that a reality.

Part of the reason why I wanted to be involved in politics was to create and be a part of policy changes.

Bringing in timely laws that are the need of the hour requires nimbleness to get through the necessary legislative processes.

One of the things I've learned is people are smart, and they understand what should be done. They understand what the challenges are, but they're not always able to have their voices heard.

The bigger goal of giving all parents more choices is one that will have to be discussed and undoubtedly roundly debated, but we are going to have to continue to build the case. The momentum is there on the state level in many states. That's where the energy needs to be harnessed in a new way.

We must advance regulatory reforms.

My mother informed me that the way to be a change agent to create change, the first line of defense, or however you want to phrase that, is politics and government.

I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.

I think people are really talking about it. Having conversations about how to make change.

Hillary Clinton did not represent, on a lot of policy matters, what the American public perceived to be as a change.

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

As important as it is to change the light bulbs, its more important to change the laws

'Reform' is a word you always aughta' watch out for. 'Reform' is a change that you're supposed to like. And watch it - As soon as you hear the word 'Reform', you should reach for your wallet and see who's lifting it.