“There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas - every idea subverts the old to make way for the new. To shut off subversion is to shut off peaceful progress and to invite revolution and war.” WayMeanIdeasWarPlayProgressRevolutionHealthyPolicePeacefulRecognitionReformInvitesStableSubversiveSubversionFree PlayThought Police Book:The Best of I.F. Stone Source: The Best of I.F. Stone
“We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight hardest to preserve it. So if we're going to succeed, we need an independent coalition of citizens who believe in reform, who believe that our election laws should treat every voter equally, who believe that low levels of competition and participation are not healthy for democracy. The Independence Party is helping to build that coalition and I am happy to join you in doing so.” IfsKnowsNeedsShouldBelieveHelpingLawFightingLevelsPartyDemocracyCitizensHealthySucceedLowsTreatsIndependentElectionIndependenceCompetitionHardestReformPreservesVotersTake TimeParticipationCoalitionsLow Level Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The national debate on health-care reform wildly misses the mark, with Democrats and Republicans alike arguing about who's going to pay rather than about what would actually make people healthy.” PeopleCarePayMissingHealthyRepublicanMarkDemocratArguingDebateReformHealth CareHealth Care Reform Author:T. Colin Campbell
“We can try to reform healthcare, but the fact is if we don't have a healthy food source, we are only treating the symptoms and not the problems.” IfsTryingFactsProblemSourceHealthyReformHealthcareSymptomsHealthy Food Author:Daphne Oz
“Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels in Indiana, the woman who`s coming in to run the Medicaid program at the federal level, her name is Seema Verma, a brilliant young woman, she made Indiana - healthy Indiana work so that actually low-income people in Indiana, actually have real healthcare coverage that they get access to a doctor. Those kinds of reforms on the state level we want see happen in all 50 states.” PeopleWantKindMadeRealStatesHappensRunningYoungNamesLevelsHealthyLowsProgramDoctorsBrilliantAccessIncomeReformHealthcareYoung WomenMikeCoverageIndianaLow IncomeMedicaid Author:Paul Ryan
“We need to reform our school lunch programs. We need to get healthy items into the vending machines.” NeedsSchoolHealthyProgramMachinesReformLunchItemsVending MachinesSchool Lunch Author:Joan Lunden
“A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.” LifeStatesPoliticalOrderPoliticsPartyProgressPoliticianHealthyElementsReformStabilityPolitical LifeStable Life Author:John Stuart Mill