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Change is inevitable. In a progressive country change is constant.

Benjamin Disraeli

In a progressive country change is constant; ...change... is inevitable.

Benjamin Disraeli

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Will Durant

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Will Durant

Overall, Madison is pretty progressive and a lot of the people are very socially aware of the kinds of issues in food politics ? what organic is, what sustainable is. They are concerned about their environment.

Brendon Smith

We don't want to let our supporters down in Crystal Lake by letting this go without further investigation. It would be wrong for us who live in areas that are more progressive to let our supporters down who live in Crystal Lake right now.

Tracy Baim

This eastern side of the state is doing particularly well. There is a strong history, lots of plants, good transportation and a lot of progressive farmers over here.

Matthew Joyce

[It is] a key development issue. Every year that a girl is in school is a progressive step towards ending poverty.

Carol Bellamy

Any progressive community needs to provide recreation for its citizens.

John Huisman

However, we all share the firm belief in the triumph of humanist and progressive values that mankind has achieved during its long history of struggle and creativeness.

Tran Duc Luong

This forecast is based on both a positive outlook for exports and -- more significantly -- on a progressive firming of domestic demand.

Klaus Regling

He's never owned up to the fact that plenty of inner-city minority schools are doing the job with less money. He's an ideologue so he can't admit Catholic schools are doing better jobs with less money, ... If you read the corpus of his work, it's clear he wants to use schools for indoctrinating kids with a progressive ideology.

Sol Stern

The presence of progressive governments can facilitate the coordination of policies among some of them, but as president, I will work with all regional democratic leaders.

Michelle Bachelet

This is the most progressive organization in the area, and I'm a better person for knowing the kids.

Jeff Evans

The Port has the land and we hope the commissioners will see some value, at least in the short run, to the community. The public-private partnership is pretty aggressive and pretty progressive and we're looking at it as truly a partnership with the Port.

Becky Samuelson

Ironically, the technology business, which has this image of being this young and progressive industry, is just as bad as all the other old-line industries when it comes to promoting women into the top jobs.

Marc Lewis

We shall endeavor to activate and deepen our partnership with our allies of the Progressive Socialist Party and Tayyar Al Mustaqbal. Our hand will remain always stretched out to all.

Samir Geagea

I play churches and I play bars and I don't change my show. There's a spiritual current in my work because there's a spiritual current in my life. That puts me in a folk category instead of pop, but I don't censor myself. My music is very inclusive and progressive.

Carrie Newcomer

You could say that the American network news divisions actually look more progressive than the Canadian companies do.

John Doyle

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Rob Bone

NCA is a progressive organization, and I don't know if the state went to them or if they came to the state, but they're working hand in hand.

Brian Pearson

From my standpoint this is a really healthy, positive, progressive thing that is happening in the community.

Leona Peters

We are pleased that Pat will pass on any further NFL overtures and will remain as our head football coach. The extension of his contract period underscores our appreciation of his past accomplishments as well as our keen confidence that he is best positioned to lead the continuing progressive evolution of the Bulldog football program.

Thomas Boeh

We have a very progressive center in Enterprise. We assign the consumers a supervisor and they are placed into one of the many different area's of employment.

Susan Hicks

San Francisco is one of the most progressive cities in the world, and our combined offerings will stretch the possibilities of what a mobile network can do for residents, businesses, municipal government and visitors.

Donald Berryman

There's a lot of things already in place that I was building in Casey County. They're already here. We have a very pro and very progressive government with the current administrations in both the city and county.

Arlen Sanders

Winning the $100,000 was a lot of fun . But then someone told me, 'Ma'am, you didn't win $100,000. You've won the progressive.' I almost passed out.

Charlotte Holtzclaw

Whether one calls oneself conservative or revolutionary, whether one composers in a conventional or progressive manner, whether one tries to imitate old styles or is destined to express new ideas - one must be convinced of the infallibility of one's own fantasy and one must believe in one's own inspiration.

Arnold Schoenberg

It starts with very progressive and supportive county commissioners, and a great staff.

John Link

We've had so many events where it's the four parties -- not the six. Most electors are familiar with four parties, not too many are familiar with the Marxist-Leninists or the Progressive Canadians. People in Ottawa-Vanier know what the options are.

Paul Benoit

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

Paul Wellstone

I hope that a real progressive prime minister is elected, a person to come out of the fray and take leadership.

Rhana Natour

It became, quite frankly, the best one in the country, one of the most progressive.

Bob Michaels

This is one of the most progressive and comprehensive ordinances of its kind in the state of Alabama.

Kathryn Molnar

She's a new type of leader. From what I've seen and heard, she's a progressive fire service leader.

Richard Lawlor

It's probably not as progressive politically as it used to be, ... We still have echoes of that, but we don't program as much overtly progressive stuff.

Richard Walton

It is our corporate policy to only work with progressive companies. We won't partner with or accept advertising from any company that doesn't offer domestic partner benefits for their GLBT employees.

Joe Lamuraglia

We'll build up the most progressive telecommunications company here.

Jamie Smith

It's going to be tough at the NYSE for a while because he's going to be more progressive than most of the establishment. He's not a hometown boy. For the industry's sake, I hope he sticks it out.

Ned Bennett

Business can be a source of progressive change.

Jerry Greenfield

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.

Jane Addams

This is a great chance for the state to move to a progressive tax system.

Rep. Wayne Harper

I would hope this would help some of my ministerial colleagues who would be cautious about going down this route. Over the past five months as minister for health I can see the people of Northern Ireland are as progressive as any other part of the UK can be.

Shaun Woodward

This pastor is so progressive to embrace this poetry. Once you hear the words, it makes you think -- what can we do, where do we go from here?

Marcus Sibley

Now that I'm here, I'm looking forward to working with the tribe. This council is progressive and are future-oriented. They are looking at goals which offer more employment and enjoyment to customers.

William Walsh

Everything's getting super progressive. All the jumps are getting bigger, the rails are getting bigger.

Pat Griffin

It's related to the aging process and menopause, ... The menopausalprocess takes five to 10 years, during which there's a progressive decline inestrogen, weight increases, blood pressure goes up, and cholesterol levelschange.

Martha Hill

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Paul Gauguin

This is a governor who ran as a progressive Republican, a socially moderate Republican, and this is just about politics. He's playing with people's lives for political gain. Words alone don't mean a lot.

Thom Lynch

The thinking that mothers should look after children and men should go out and support the family is a product of our dark past. It's still in the minds of people, even if they sound liberal or progressive.

Reiner Klingholz

I believe, in a progressive city, you've got to have one. People are more mobile these days — they hate to be tied down.

Peter Wallace

It is something a progressive community would do.

Mary Turner

BYU is probably one of the most progressive forces in Utah County for earthquake preparedness. I'm not concerned as much about the buildings on BYU campus as I am about the buildings most of the BYU students live in.

Aaron Harris

I'll put my progressive credentials up against anyone's.

Bart Stupak

Andrew Carnegie has gifted progressive philanthropy to the world.

George Reid

There are many obstacles that confront us. One of the most important of course is the claim that divestment is anti-Jewish. For that, my advice is very, very important: Work with progressive Jews and Israelis.

Philip Farah

Parliamentarians need to speak out on these issues to address the changing world that we live in, and pass progressive legislation.

Graham Henderson

This is one more reason to be downtown, in buildings, parks and public areas. It also sends a message that this is a progressive community.

Frank Billingsley

Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions.

Walter Lippmann

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.

Henry George

Absolutely -- we would be completely supportive of any progressive moves like that. God knows we need it here in Clark County.

Rob Stewart

I was once considered one of the pre-eminent black conservatives in the past, but now I'm more of a black progressive and I'm in the right place.

Glenn Loury

On the one hand, the older generation might have a problem with it, but not a big one, and younger people may see it as a manifestation of a more progressive, enlightened attitude toward relationships.

Steve Boggan

Joe has dedicated his entire lifetime to law enforcement and is recognized as one of the progressive leaders in law enforcement.

Ralph Page

NYCO is a band comprised of NIU music alumni. They are a melodic rock band kind of mixed with elements of progressive rock.

John Ugolini

Who have set an example for responsible, progressive patriotism.

Will Marshall

On the beach, the attitudes are more progressive, so it would be cool to do that as a subset of what we already do - as long as we play on a guy's net, so guys don't spike in our faces.

Kerri Walsh

Current conditions dictate that OPEC members, in looking at reserves and the fall in demand in recent months, apply a progressive reduction in their production during the first quarter.

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili

I'm equally proud of the progressive civil servants behind me.

Gerard Leone

We need to assert our civil liberties and rights not only our rights as representatives of progressive parties but also as members of the legislative. Let us not allow the military rule to prevail over civilian supremacy.

Rafael Mariano

Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.

Page Mcconnell

Tennessee is very progressive in the training of school board members.

Barry Breen

I wish it was more progressive.

Richard Walton

If you want a progressive (member of Parliament), a New Democrat, one who will fight for change, then you have to vote New Democrat. It's that simple. In order to have the Canada you want, you have to vote for the Canada you want.

Jack Layton

Reverend Prior was very progressive and active in the community. What's going on today in the church is related to what he brought to that congregation.

John Akers

Elliot was really in a period where he was writing a lot ... feeling the inspiration. It was really hitting with us, feeling like he was pushing the next evolution of the band. The eight of us are a collective, but Elliot stepped up to the plate with a bunch of material that was really progressive.

Alex Beram

The Backbone Campaign is insisting on both accountability AND a bold, inspiring vision for the future. The March for Peace, Justice and Democracy comes at a crucial moment. This march represents and affirms the diversity, unity, and potential of the progressive movement.

Bill Moyer

Construction of socialist progressive culture.

Li Changchun

Nobody among the crop of fiscally conservative but socially progressive presidents that we now have around the region is going to go to his defense.

Riordan Roett

I consider myself a sounding board for the community, I'm not somebody who has an agenda. The community has been very supportive of the district and Bismarck remains a progressive community.

Tim Mueller

Canada's progressive tax system imposes an ever increasing burden on people as they earn more income. Clearly our tax system is sending the wrong message when it penalizes people for being successful.

Niels Veldhuis

Some airlines have come back very strong and others have not, depending on the carrier. Continental has been very progressive in restoring service, in watching passenger loads and adding service when necessary.

Michelle Duffourc

We believe there is a difference between the majority of Democratic Progressive Party members and the extremely small number of die-hard 'Taiwan independence' elements.

Qian Qichen

I believe Corning is a progressive community and continues to progress under the City Council and the current administration.

James Nelson

The decline has been progressive . . . as the work force changes.

Pat Jenkins

Nan will bring a no-nonsense, take no prisoners approach to the Senate. She can be a strong coalition builder or fiery opponent. I have no doubt that she will join our progressive friends in the Senate with a newfound passion for equality.

Chuck Bowen

This should be a great cause for alarm in the progressive family.

Simon Rosenberg

His company was a very progressive company. Their mills were always cutting-edge.

Bill Rose

It's a progressive police department and has a lot of potential, ... It's a good community to work and live in. It's good pay and you have an opportunity for advancement as far as if you want to go somewhere, you can certainly achieve it here in Atmore.

Mike West

We want to improve our product not only for cattlemen but also for consumers. Trying to stay progressive in a fairly old market is part of the challenge.

Marie Kast

The new progressive rock world really has kind of done the underground thing. It's like what punk rock did in the late '70s.

Jim Robinson

At one time, the Legislature was pretty evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. But through redistricting, they managed to get rid of a number of women ... (who) were progressive.

Thelma Underberg

A group of slaves will never make a liberal and progressive country; such a country can be made up only of independent-minded and free-thinking people.

Hu Shih

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

People used to call us a funk band. But it was a little more complicated than that. We were a fusion group made commercial. We had a lot of progressive chord changes and bebop horn lines and then hooks that a child could sing.

Ralph Johnson

We will continue working with progressive members of both parties on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures to promote sensible legislation that focuses on felons, not firearms.

Alan Gottlieb

There is nothing progressive about turning nature and God's sacred design for marriage on its head in the name of civil rights.

Michael Heath

If they are not going to make the case for fairer taxation, what hope can we have for progressive opposition from them?

Caroline Lucas

It's not just us. The whole progressive community is far behind the right wing at holding our public officials hostage.

Eric Stern

There are people all over this nation who want to participate in what Gavin is trying to do -- to have a more progressive, aggressive, creative Democratic Party.

Eric Jaye

There's a certain romanticism about the court's role in American life, the ability of the court to be a moral beacon for the country, that drives justices to take progressive stands.

Edward Lazarus

A great character, founded on the living rock of principle, is a dispensation of Providence, designed to have not merely an immediate, but a continuous, progressive, and never-ending agency. It survives the man who possessed it . . .

Edward Everett Hale

Liberal campaign has been deeply offensive. ... offensive to women, offensive to members of the Armed Forces and offensive to all Canadians for suggesting a vote for anyone but themselves is not progressive.

Ed Broadbent