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title: "6 Trying Reform Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Avoid openly trying to reform people. Every man knows he is imperfect, but he doesn't want someone else trying to correct his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-packard/avoid-openly-trying-to-reform-people-every-man-knows-he-is-imperfect/)

[David Packard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-packard/)

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> [My purpose is to call on my colleagues, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, to get behind the agenda of trying to reform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lee/my-purpose-is-to-call-on-my-colleagues-whether-they-re-republicans-or/)

[Mike Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lee/)

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> [I think what I'm trying to do, reform-wise, is completely consistent with conservative philosophy. It may not be consistent with some so-called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-abramoff/i-think-what-i-m-trying-to-do-reform-wise-is-completely-consistent/)

[Jack Abramoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-abramoff/)

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> [“Truly it would be well if these visionaries, who think so much of themselves and so little of mankind, who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/truly-it-would-be-well-if-these-visionaries-who-think-so-much-of/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

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> [I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-think-that-i-am-better-than-the-people-who-are-trying-to-reform-me/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [I think I'm better than all the people who are trying to reform me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-butterfield/i-think-i-m-better-than-all-the-people-who-are-trying-to-reform-me/)

[Paul Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-butterfield/)

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