„The Pope would have an easier job than the President of the United States in adopting a change of course.“

„In the United States, except for slaves, servants and the destitute fed by townships, everyone has the vote and this is an indirect contributor to law-making. Anyone wishing to attack the law is thus reduced to adopting one of two obvious courses: they must either change the nation's opinion or trample its wishes under foot.“

—  Alexis De Tocqueville, buch Democracy in America

Quelle: Democracy in America, Volume I (1835), Chapter X-XIV, Chapter XIV.

„It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.“

—  Margaret Mead American anthropologist 1901 - 1978

„Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.“

—  James Richardson American poet 1950

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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)

„Ultimately, it was easier to change the subject than think the unthinkable.“

—  Charles Stross, buch Singularity Sky

Quelle: Singularity Sky (2003), Chapter 13, “Jokers” (p. 280)

„You think that would have changed things? The answer is of course, and for a while, and never.“

—  Alice Munro, buch Too Much Happiness

Quelle: Too Much Happiness

„57: It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.“

—  Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming

Epigrams on Programming, 1982

„Let me tell you, it’s easier to change yourself than everyone else.“

—  Robert T. Kiyosaki American finance author , investor 1947

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

„People can cry much easier than they can change.“

—  James Baldwin (1924-1987) writer from the United States 1924 - 1987

„There were times where I was in the Oval Office and people would come to me with all kinds of political problems and policy problems and international problems, and my team would be getting discouraged and depressed, and I would say to them, I have to be optimistic, because the odds of somebody named Barack Obama being President of the United States were very low, and the fact that, in my lifetime, I have seen such enormous, positive change in the United States and around the world tells me that, although history does not travel in a straight line, it moves in the direction of justice and freedom and a better life for people. But we have to fight for it. We have to work for it.“

—  Barack Obama 44th President of the United States of America 1961

2016, News Conference With Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany (November 2016)

„Theresa May should not be rolling out the red carpet for a state visit to honour a president who rips up vital international treaties, backs climate change denial and uses racist and misogynist rhetoric. Maintaining an important relationship with the United States does not require the pomp and ceremony of a state visit. It is disappointing that the prime minister has again opted to kowtow to this US administration. I would welcome a meeting with President Trump to discuss all matters of interest.“

—  Jeremy Corbyn British Labour Party politician 1949

Trump state visit: Corbyn boycotts Buckingham Palace banquet https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48070983, BBC News, 26 April 2019
2010s, 2019

„The position of the United States had undergone a drastic change; the purpose and capabilities of the State Department had not.“

—  Dean Acheson, buch Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department

Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (1969), Principles

„The warfare in Syria is a follow-on to the attacks on Iraq and Libya. We may recall General Wesley Clark’s claim in March 2007 that shortly after 9/11 a Pentagon official had shown him a Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz list of seven Middle East and North African countries that were scheduled for attack and regime change. Iraq and Libya, both on that list, have been attacked and transformed into U. S.-destroyed states with new or unsettled leadership. The United States has been supporting regime change forces in Syria as far back as 2011, but the job has not been completed, in part because of Russian support for president Assad. Truce efforts by the U. S. and Russia have regularly broken down because the U. S. still aims at regime change and supports the rebel forces that Russia targets, many or most of which are Al Qaeda- or ISIS-related and whose victory would mean another Libya-like failed state.“

—  Edward S. Herman American journalist 1925 - 2017

Herman, “U.S. Political and Moral Disarray”, Z Magazine, December 2016, pp. 15-17.
2010s

„What would I do if Alex wasn't around? I would have no one to keep me on my toes or to fight. So of course I am pleased he changed his mind. I enjoy our rivalry. It is good for Arsenal, good for Manchester United and good for both of us.“

—  Arsène Wenger French footballer and manager 1949

In response to Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement u-turn, (February 2002) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20020210/ai_n12837467/

„It's the new management's job to look at the world as it changes, and how do we look at change and take advantage of change, rather than put our head in the ground.“

—  Sanford I. Weill American banker and philantrhopist 1933

Weill Says Citigroup CEO May Have to Revise Strategy, 2007-12-12 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ao4zpTsefceU&refer=home,

„It is easier for us to talk of sacrifice and of change than it is to achieve them. Both can be difficult, sometimes painful. But we have guidance on this new path. We have ourselves, we have each other.“

—  Alex Salmond Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland 1954

Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)

„I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that's what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other, and how we treat the family.“

—  Mike Huckabee Arkansas politician 1955

Morning Joe
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MSNBC
2008-01-15, quoted in * David
Edwards
Muriel
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Huckabee: Amend Constitution to be in 'God's standards'
2008-01-15
Raw Story
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Huckabee_Amend_Constitution_to_meet_Gods_0115.html
2011-03-01
Mike Huckabee: Amend the Constitution to God's Standards
2008-01-15
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D08Dq_iNMRk
2011-03-01

„(On the 2006 US Midterm Elections) This week, in an ironic turn of events, Iraq brought regime change to the United States.“

—  Amy Poehler American actress 1971

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„This decade holds many changes for the United States, but the greatest needs regarding America's productivity in the 1990s, are better education and employee training.“

—  Gregory Balestrero American industrial engineer 1947

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for Integrated Manufacturing (1990). Manufacturing Review v.3 no.1-3 1990. p. 131.
1990s

„I realise that 2008 will be an important test for Russia, and not an easy one. At the same time, the Constitution of the Russian Federation states that the President, the head of state, is elected for four years through direct secret ballot and cannot stay in office for more than two consecutive terms.
I am not indifferent of course to the question of who will take in their hands the destiny of the country I have devoted my life to serving. But if each successive head of state were to change the Constitution to suit them, we would soon find ourselves without a state at all. I think that Russia's different political forces are sufficiently mature to realise their responsibility to the people of the Russian Federation. In any case, the person who receives the votes of the majority of Russian citizens will become the President of the country.“

—  Vladimir Putin President of Russia, former Prime Minister 1952

Answering the question of Dutch TV station "Nederland 1" and Dutch newspaper "NRC Handelsblad", "Can you imagine a situation in which you would decide to remain in office for a third term?", Putin said: http://web.archive.org/web/20061013003243/http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2005/10/31/1955_type82914type82916_96455.shtml
2006- 2010