Anonymous Quotes

There is complete disdain for all that exists .... History, society, and the economics of present institutions are all minor issues in choosing a reform program ...

Great institutions can only be reformed by stealth or by revolution.

Beginning reform is beginning revolution.

We not only went after some sacred cows, we went after the whole herd.

One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.

You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.

I always believed in burning up the government's political capital, not being Mr Safe Guy, you know?

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

In politics experiments mean revolutions.

Don’t speak to the … converted. Don’t talk to a bunch of [fools] who agree with you. That’s not doing anything. Get your message out to people who would not ordinarily hear anything conscious. It’s not easy, but we have to be in the business of mainstreaming radicalism.

We can’t change our government unless we change the people who run it.

Reform without pain is impossible.

There are not many people in politics who ever want to get close to the heat.

Change comes in various wavelengths. There are changes in the game, changes in the rules of the game, and changes in how the rules are changed

All great reforms go together.

Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.

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

The period of radical reform is finished.

If I finish my term in office … and have high approval ratings, then I wasted my last years in office. That high approval rating means you don’t upset anybody. High approval rating means you’re skiing down the slope and you never fall. Well, you’re skiing the baby slope, for goodness’ sakes. Go to a steeper slope. You always want to press, and you want to tackle the issues that are unpopular, that nobody else will go after.

The old order changeth, yielding place to new; And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world..

We want to destroy everything, not rebuild on the same rubble. We have different ideas. It is like any work. You have to have a clean slate. Then, you have a programme, a new way of thinking. It is a way of thinking. Not a restoration. Parties out. Citizens instead of parties.

Every reform means awakening. Once truly awakened, the nation will not be satisfied with reform only in one department of life.

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform.

We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted for change; I intend to deliver it. ... I will govern as a reformer.