--- title: "8 Want Reform Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Want Reform quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Want Reform sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/wilkie-collins-2078_children_i-sadly-want-a-reform-in-the-constructio_190006.png" --- > [I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature's only idea seems to be to make them machines for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-sadly-want-a-reform-in-the-construction-of-children-nature-s-only/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/wilkie-collins-2078_children_i-sadly-want-a-reform-in-the-constructio_190006.png) > [The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigham-young/the-americans-as-a-nation-are-killing-themselves-with-their-vices-and/) [Brigham Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigham-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/brigham-young-1075_advice_the-americans-as-a-nation-are-killing-th_240414.jpg) > [“Shall I confess it, Mr. Hartright? I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature's only idea seems to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/shall-i-confess-it-mr-hartright-i-sadly-want-a-reform-in-the/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/wilkie-collins-2078_children_shall-i-confess-it-mr-hartright-i-sadly_267446.png) > [There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veerappa-moily/there-are-people-with-vested-interest-who-do-not-want-us-to-reform/) [Veerappa Moily](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veerappa-moily/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/veerappa-moily-26514_bold_there-are-people-with-vested-interest-wh_551031.jpg) > [What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-duncan-smith/what-we-want-to-do-is-reform-the-welfare-system-in-the-way-that-tony/) [Iain Duncan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-duncan-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/iain-duncan-smith-9059_blair_what-we-want-to-do-is-reform-the-welfare_813367.jpg) > [A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes. If you want to reform a nation you begin with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/a-nation-will-rise-no-higher-than-the-strength-of-its-homes-if-you/) [Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/gordon-b-hinckley-331_family_a-nation-will-rise-no-higher-than-the-st_1480502.png) > [I worry that even those who want to reform are not quite sure how to go about it. There is so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aung-san-suu-kyi/i-worry-that-even-those-who-want-to-reform-are-not-quite-sure-how-to/) [Aung San Suu Kyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aung-san-suu-kyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/aung-san-suu-kyi-922_done_i-worry-that-even-those-who-want-to-refo_2299862.jpg) > [I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-want-to-reform-the-tax-code-so-that-it-s-simple-fair-and-asks-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/barack-obama-17_asks_i-want-to-reform-the-tax-code-so-that-it_2384421.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want-reform/#itemlist", "name": "Want Reform Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. 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