The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.
The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness.
Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet.
Reform is the mission from which we shall not digress; it is an expression of belief and determination between us and our people. With the help of Allah, we will proceed forward in this promising national process within the natural progress of the life cycle and the development of people and nation.
I have seen the face of this country change in 25 years or 30 years. I have seen a equalization begin to develop - in inheritance laws, tax laws, laws for favoring trade unions, protecting them, and so forth. All these are social changes.
Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing.
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones.
The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.
To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful.