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Reformers Quotes

In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old Picture Quote #1

Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply a hysterical and unbalanced rage for order amidst their own chaos Picture Quote #1

It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all Picture Quote #1

Perfect concordance among reformers is not to be expected; and men who are honestly struggling towards the light cannot hope to attain at one bound to the complete truth. There is always a danger lest the fascination of a new discovery should lead us too far. Men of science, being human, are apt, like lovers, to exaggerate the perfections and be a little blind to the faults of the object of their choice Picture Quote #1

To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs or reformers Picture Quote #1

X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language Picture Quote #1

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It is better sometimes not to follow great reformers of abuses beyond the threshold of their homes Picture Quote #1

The great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act Picture Quote #1

Conceit is the devil’s horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry Picture Quote #1

Now the sole remedy for the abuse of political power is to limit it; but when politics corrupt business, modern reformers invariably demand the enlargement of the political power Picture Quote #1

A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their conscience also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part, and they are commonly treated as enemies by it Picture Quote #1

The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions Picture Quote #1

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As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine’s democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko Picture Quote #1

All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for Picture Quote #1

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In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old (Reformers Quotes) Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply a hysterical and unbalanced rage for order amidst their own chaos (Reformers Quotes) It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all (Reformers Quotes) Perfect concordance among reformers is not to be expected; and men who are honestly struggling towards the light cannot hope to attain at one bound to the complete truth. There is always a danger lest the fascination of a new discovery should lead us too far. Men of science, being human, are apt, like lovers, to exaggerate the perfections and be a little blind to the faults of the object of their choice (Reformers Quotes) To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs or reformers (Reformers Quotes) X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language (Reformers Quotes) It is better sometimes not to follow great reformers of abuses beyond the threshold of their homes (Reformers Quotes) The great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act (Reformers Quotes) Conceit is the devil’s horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry (Reformers Quotes) Now the sole remedy for the abuse of political power is to limit it; but when politics corrupt business, modern reformers invariably demand the enlargement of the political power (Reformers Quotes) A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their conscience also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part, and they are commonly treated as enemies by it (Reformers Quotes) The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions (Reformers Quotes) As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine’s democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko (Reformers Quotes) All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for (Reformers Quotes)

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