Causes Quote by William J. H. Boetcker

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

There are theoretical reformers at all times, and all the world over, living on anticipation.

— Henry David Thoreau

Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity.

— George Bernard Shaw

Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer; for it prevents those disorders which other remedies sometimes cure, but sometimes confirm.

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Loren D. Estleman Gas City

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

— Lydia M. Child

It is the first care of a reformer to prevent any future reformation.

— Edward Gibbon

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

— John W. Gardner

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

— E. W. Howe

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

— Charles Caleb Colton

No reform ever came from the bottom, and it was always people who understood how the ruling class worked who turned out to be…

— Gore Vidal