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Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.
Derrick Bell
2.
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.
George Bernard Shaw
3.
A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
Lydia M. Child
4.
The taxing power is especially something after which the reformer's finger always itches.
William Graham Sumner
5.
The Reformer is always right about what's wrong. However, he's often wrong about what is right.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It is the first care of a reformer to prevent any future reformation.
Edward Gibbon
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It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.
John W. Gardner