Hillary Clinton Quotes

When push comes to shove, the status quo is a very powerful force.

The adherents of the old order have a powerful ally in the natural law of inertia inherent in humanity which is … a natural defense against change.

Social stability is ensured, not by the cessation of the demand for change – for the needy and the restless will never cease to cry for it – but by the fact that change in its progress must at last hurt some class of men who are strong enough to arrest it.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

The danger to the state lies not in the intrusion of new thought but in the effort to stubbornly maintain the old state thought.

In the absence of a crisis, the status quo in Washington is more or less set in cement, as advocacy groups and turf-conscious government officials are able to thwart change.

As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction.

The perils of change are so great the promise of the most hopeful theories is so often deceptive, that it is frequently the wiser part to uphold the existing state of things, if it can be done, even though, in point of argument, it should be utterly indefensible.

If you want to really change something, do not try to fight the existing reality. create a new reality.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

When you have a model that's worked very well, it's very hard to change.

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.

Private interests often keep up Customs and Privileges, when the reasons of them are ceased

We've got a thousand lobbyists in thousand dollar suits giving you a thousand reasons we can't change.

Any initiative which patently served the interests of society was immediately viewed with suspicion and even with overt hostility. Why was our system so unresponsive to renewal and innovation?

Rule, and change nothing.

Man is by nature a conservative animal and government is his instrument for preventing rapid change.

France has chosen to ignore the great transformation of the 21st century and cultivate a [culture of] status quo and rigidity.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

The status quo is a powerful force.

The great mass of people are incapable of realizing that in economic life nothing is permanent except change. They regard the existing state of affairs as eternal; as it has been so shall it always be.

Most governments and people want reform. It’s the prospect of change that makes reform rare.

Progress is never accepted by everybody.

Senior military officers will not accept defense reform unless it is forced upon them.

These reforms will not be popular with everybody—especially those who are doing just fine under the present system.