Quotes about reformer
The March
In early, prehistoric days, before the reign of Man,
When neolithic Nature fashioned things upon a plan
That was large as it was rugged, and, in truth, a trifle crude,
There arose a dusky human who was positively rude.
Now, this was in the days when lived the monster kangaroo;
When the mammoth bunyip gambolled in the hills of Beetaloo;
They'd owned the land for centuries, and reckoned it their own;
For might was right, and such a thing as 'law' was quite unknown.
But this dusky old reformer in the ages long ago,
One morning in the Eocene discovered how to 'throw';
He studied well and practised hard until he learned the art;
Then, having planned his Great Campaign, went forth to make a start.
'See here,' he said - and hurled a piece of tertiary rock,
That struck a Tory bunyip with a most unpleasant shock -
'See here, my name is Progress, and your methods are too slow,
This land that you are fooling with must be cut up. Now go!'
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I'm not any kind of social reformer.
quote by Charles Kuralt
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A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.
quote by Jose Bergamin
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A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
quote by Lydia M. Child
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If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
quote by William Dean Howells
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Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
quote by Walter Lippmann
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Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death.
quote by Ernestine L. Rose
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We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together.
quote by Warren Christopher
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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 Government.
quote by B.R. Ambedkar
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It’s like those Russian dolls:
inside the teenager
is the rebel;
inside the rebel
is the revolutionary;
inside the revolutionary
is the reformer.
Make us all proud.
poem by Michael Shepherd
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