Abuse Quote by George Eliot

Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

— Voltaire

It generally troubles them [the reformers] not a whit that their remedy implies a complete reconstruction of society, or even a reconstitution of human…

— William Graham Sumner

The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

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

Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Should [reformers] attempt more than the established habits of the people are ripe for, they may lose all and retard indefinitely the ultimate object…

— Thomas Jefferson

“What's good for reform is bad for the reformers”

— Loren D. Estleman Gas City

The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of…

— Babatunde Fashola

My work has always been rooted in nonviolence, as espoused by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

— Linda Sarsour

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

— John W. Gardner

Repression and intimidation are not - and never should be - the acceptable companions of reform.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Perhaps the greatest consolation of the oppressed is to consider themselves superior to their tyrants.

— Julien Green