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When you look at what I`ve done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland`s people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice.

- Peter Hain

Rather than trying to discredit a valid report, we should perhaps look at the need for cost reforms here in La Crosse, and get the business sector and consumers involved,

- Tom Kennedy

From Chirac and Schroeder we have seen a rhetorical commitment for France and Germany to co-operate but when they have combined it has been to block reforms. They have not produced an actual agenda for advancing the union, unlike the days of Helmut Kohl and Francois Mitterand, when France and Germany really were driving Europe.

- Julie Smith

A lot of the old philanthropy was devoted to helping schools do what they were already doing, ... The new group is saying, `Let`s try something different.` It`s a lot of young, active entrepreneurial people - Bill Gates, Eli Broad, the Waltons, Dell, Milken - who want to change the schools, who want to use their money to support specific school reforms.

- Richard Lee

A lot of the old philanthropy was devoted to helping schools do what they were already doing, ... The new group is saying, `Let`s try something different.` It`s a lot of young, active entrepreneurial people -- Bill Gates, Eli Broad, the Waltons, Dell, Milken -- who want to change the schools, who want to use their money to support specific school reforms.

- Richard Lee

A lot of the old philanthropy was devoted to helping schools do what they were already doing, ... The new group is saying, `Let`s try something different.` It`s a lot of young, active entrepreneurial people -- Bill Gates, Eli Broad, the Waltons, (Michael) Dell, (Michael) Milken -- who want to change the schools, who want to use their money to support specific school reforms.

- Richard Lee

I just know they are trying to build a wall. I do understand about the reforms and all that that is going on, but still, I think that Mexicans should have a piece of the pie inside this country because we are a fundamental part of the United States.

- Jose Gutierrez

More time on paperwork means less time spent with students or preparing lessons for students. It is as simple as that. The numerous reforms in the bill will go a long way to free our time of special educators.

- Christophe

We do want to cooperate, but it has to be across the board, not just on counterterrorism and security but also to support democratic and market reforms, ... very disappointing.

- Daniel Fried

(discussing whether he hopes "The Wire" will cause reforms of the institutions portrayed in the series) I`ll tell you what, this would be enough for me: The next time the drug czar or Ashcroft or any of these guys stands up and declares, `With a little fine-tuning, with a few more prison cells, and a few more lawyers, a few more cops, a little better armament, and another omnibus crime bill that adds 15 more death-penalty statutes, we can win the war on drugs` -- if a slightly larger percentage of the American population looks at him and goes, `You are so full of shit` ... that would be gratifying.

- David Simon

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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- Terry Sweeney

I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.

- Aja Watkins

The main part of the Hyde bill is to withhold U.S. contributions to the regular assessed budget of the U.N. unless they make real and substantial reforms in the way they operate.

- Alan Lloyd

The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary elections that were widely reported to have been conducted in a fair and open manner.

- Alan Yates

While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars.

- Alice Golembo

Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.

- Alice Hoglan

It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms that are under way.

- Alison Mau

It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology.

- Allan Evridge

It is clear we can make reforms to better ensure we are giving law enforcement all of the tools they need while maintaining the appropriate safeguards to protect the very freedoms we cherish.

- Allison Szatek

The 2 million people who work in the NHS and social care are also themselves patients and users. I know they all want to treat patients and users the way they and their families would want to be treated and that is the purpose of our reforms.

- Amr Moussa

We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition.

- Amr Moussa

Well, the economic recovery was successful even though the Democrats opposed the reforms every step of the way. And it is clear the Democrats have no clear plan to strengthen our economy, as Republicans do.

- Andrew Fellows

Russia`s membership in the G-8 remains contingent upon its commitment to enacting democratic reforms and respecting democratic values.

- Andrew Jarvis

My good friend Simeon Saxe-Coburg is the prime minister who implemented the reforms necessary for Bulgaria`s EU accession.

- Arben Xhaferi

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots

- Johann Kaspar Lavater