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At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.
Clarence Darrow
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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their
reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.
Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or
nothing in the world's estimation.
Susan B. Anthony
Quotes , Source: on the campaign for divorce law reform
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Grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that
the new man may be raised up in them.
Book of Common Prayer
Quotes , Source: Baptism of those of Riper Years
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The oyster-women lock'd their fish up,
And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.
Samuel Butler (1)
Quotes , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto II, l. 537)
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All zeal for a reform, that gives offence
To peace and charity, is mere pretence.
William Cowper
Quotes , Source: Charity (l. 533)
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The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive,
with horror. Others would pull down with the crowbars and with
cranks--especially with cranks. . . . Sweating, slums, the sense
of semi-slavery in labour, must go. We must cultivate a sense of
manhood by treating men as men.
David Lloyd George
Quotes , Source: in a speech, Dec. 6, 1919
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I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords
to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the
great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs.
Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in
a great flood upon that town--the tide rose to an incredible
height: the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was
threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and
terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was
seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her
mop, squeezing out the sea water, and vigorously pushing away the
Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's
spirit was up; but I need not tell you that the contest was
unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was
excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled
with a tempest.
Sydney Smith
Quotes , Source: in a speech at Tuunton, Oct. 1831
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Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented, instead, carried up the heaving, cloggy mass.
Rebecca Harding Davis
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One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.
Thomas Brackett Reed
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At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.
Clarence Darrow
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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect a reform.
Susan B. Anthony
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Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal's return.
Saki
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Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
Voltaire
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