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Reformers who are always compromising, have not yet grasped the idea that truth is the only safe ground to stand upon. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Public reformers had need first practice on their own hearts that which they purpose to try on others. — Charles I Of England

We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whether our reformers admit it or not, the economic and social inferiority of women is responsible for prostitution. — Emma Goldman

No reform ever came from the bottom, and it was always people who understood how the ruling class worked who turned out to be the reformers. — Gore Vidal

Most ardent reformers are accompanied by but equal portion of dullness . John Quincy Adams — Paul C. Nagel

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers. — James Russell Lowell

Games of chance fell outside the boundaries of urban reformers' definitions of respectable labor and amusement — LaShawn Harris

Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy. — Jerry Rubin

By using impossibly complicated language, school reformers create the impression that — Anonymous

It is better sometimes not to follow great reformers of abuses beyond the threshold of their homes. — George Eliot

It was the fate of all reforms that they turned against the reformers. — Daniel Abraham

It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms. — John W. Gardner

The best reformers the world has ever seen
are those who commence on themselves. — George Bernard Shaw

In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past. — Adam Michnik

Everything has to be at once for six-month-old puppies, six-year-old children, and reformers of any age. — H. Beam Piper

Reformers must remember always that religion shapes culture, and culture trumps politics. — Douglas Wilson

There are theoretical reformers at all times, and all the world over, living on anticipation. — Henry David Thoreau

The era of revolution by military means produced a greater degree of desperation and frustration. This was brought to an end by the people. — Nilantha Ilangamuwa

It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all. — Hector Hugh Munro

Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error. — Thomas Jefferson

It is compromise that prevents each set of reformers from crushing the group at the other end of the political spectrum. — John F. Kennedy

Americans have gotten to know Sarah Palin. They know that she's a role model to women and other - and reformers all over America. She's a reformer. — John McCain

We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations. — George W. Bush

It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I. — Henry David Thoreau

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. — Voltaire

In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history. — Frank Herbert

The taxing power is especially something after which the reformer's finger always itches. — William Graham Sumner

Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor. — Derrick A. Bell

We are the reformers. Reform ends if we leave, not just for us but also our friends in Europe who want our voice heard in Europe. — David Cameron

We are reformers in the spring, but iin autumn we stand by the old. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ron Suskind

When would-be reformers arise, they are rejected as heretics, turncoats, troublemakers, disturbers of the peace, traitors, and enemies. — Brian D. McLaren

[Reformers] might be classified as a distinct species having eyes in the back of their heads. — Ellen Glasgow

Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe. — Elbert Hubbard

Most reformers, like a pair of trousers on a windy clothesline, go through a vast deal of vehement motion, but stay in the same place. — Austin O'Malley

Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity. — George Bernard Shaw

All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for. — Logan Pearsall Smith

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles. — John Buchanan Robinson

It is the first care of a reformer to prevent any future reformation. — Edward Gibbon

Conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry. — Margaret Deland

Now even reformers needed political machines. — Rick Perlstein

Reformers who are obsessed with purity and cannot see that their obsession is impure. — E. M. Forster

Christ is the prince of Reformers and Radicals. — Henry David Thoreau

The great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act. — Florence Nightingale