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Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need reforming.
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need reforming.
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; read more
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.
