“I think the only way that political system can be corrected is for the American people to see very vividly that it needs repair. If things are going to worse in the future, the American people, in every congressional district in the land, might demand that reforms take place in the political system.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayNeedsMightPoliticalLandDemandReformPolitical Systems Author:Jimmy Carter
“Every strategy for real social change - land reform, education, public health, the equitable distribution of natural resources ... - has been cleverly, cunningly, and consistently scuttled and rendered ineffectual by those castes and that class of people which has a stranglehold on the political process.” PeopleHas BeensRealPoliticalSocialProcessNaturalClassLandResourcesStrategyReformConsistentlySocial ChangeDistributionNatural ResourcesPublic HealthCastesEquitable Book:War Talk Source: War Talk
“Many state governments have launched innovative steps such as Ladli Laxmi scheme of Madhya Pradesh, PDS reform scheme of Chattisgarh, computerization of land records in Karnataka, free computers to students passing 10th standard exams, pollution control efforts in Himachal, power sector reforms in Rajasthan and Mumbai - Pune Expressway in Maharashta. These excellent innovative schemes are examples of good governance.” StatesGovernmentEffortStepsRecordsLandExampleStudentsComputerStandardsIndiaPassingPassingsReformExcellentPollutionSchemesGovernanceInnovativeExamState GovernmentMumbaiGood GovernancePollution ControlPune Author:Narendra Modi
“To think that land reform is going to somehow automatically create an equitable system, I think that's just wrong. It's a very technical view of the world.” ThinkingWorldViewsLandReformEquitable Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Land Grant College Act is the jewel of Republican reform. It had not occurred to any other country to educate their farmers and workers. When the British studied the reasons for American success in 1851, the consensus was that Americans workers were well educated. So they didn't oppose progress the way British workers did.” WayWellsCountryReasonProgressLandCollegeRepublicanWorkersBritishEducatedReformGrantsFarmersEducateOther CountriesJewelsConsensusWell EducatedAmerican Success Author:Charles R. Morris
“[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger. He used England of course as the model and said suppose that in England everyone had the free right to vote; the poor, the propertyless - who are the great majority - would use their voting power to take away the rights of property owners to carry out what we would call land reform.” SaidUseWould BeUsedCoursesPoorDemocracyRightsLandDangerModelsVoteEnglandMajorityPropertyDebateReformDiscussionVotingOwnersConventionsRight To VoteMadisonConstitutional Convention Author:Noam Chomsky
“[Camillo] Berneri proposed that the anarchists should link up with the effort of Northern Africa to overthrow the Spanish government, carry out land reform, attract the base of the Moorish army, and see if they could undermine [Francisco] Franco's army through political warfare in Northern Africa combined with guerrilla warfare in Spain. Historians laughed at that, but I don't think they should have. This was the kind of war that might have succeeded in stopping Spanish fascism.” IfsThinkingShouldKindWarGovernmentMightPoliticalEffortLandShould HaveArmyReformLinksHistorianLaughedFascismWarfareStoppingSpainAnarchistFrancoGuerrillasGuerrilla WarfareFrancisco Franco Author:Noam Chomsky