Reformer Quotes

45 quotes by 40 authors

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies… — B R Ambedkar
What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies, a restorer of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from by those who… — Thomas Jefferson
It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even… — Mahatma Gandhi
The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker… — Henry Miller
The true gardener then brushes over the ground with slow and gentle hand, to liberate a space for breath round some favorites; but he is… — Freya Stark
For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to be in politics,… — Adolf Hitler
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the… — Henry Ford
I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of… — Henry David Thoreau
We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted for change; I… — Rod Blagojevich
Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes. — E. W. Howe
Anyone who would attempt the task of felling a virgin forest with a penknife would probably feel the same paralysis of despair that the reformer… — Ellen Key
Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death. — Ernestine Rose
A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo. — Jose Bergamin
History gives us a kind of chart, and we dare not surrender even a small rushlight in the darkness. The hasty reformer who does not… — John Buchan
A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. — Lydia M. Child
They look for a victim to chivy, and howl him down, and finally lynch him in a sheer storm of sexual frenzy which they honestly… — Aleister Crowley
I have a message for the world, which I will deliver without fear and care for the future. To the reformers I will point out… — Swami Vivekananda
PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as… — Ambrose Bierce
The apathy of the modern voter is the confusion of the modern reformer. — Learned Hand

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