"Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won."

Alcott, Louisa May · Reform · 1 fans >>
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"Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences."

Anthony, Susan B. · Reform · 0 fans >>
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"You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics."

Bukowski, Charles · Reform · 1 fans >>
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"Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation."

Carlyle, Thomas · Reform · 1 fans >>
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"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."

Carlyle, Thomas · Reform · 0 fans >>
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"People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, -- that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it."

Chapman, John Jay · Reform · 0 fans >>
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"A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat."

Child, Lydia M. · Reform · 1 fans >>
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"Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, which will itself need reforming."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor · Reform · 1 fans >>
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"Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much."

Delacroix, Eugene · Reform · 1 fans >>
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"People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor."

Douglas, Norman · Reform · 1 fans >>
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