A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
Lydia M. Child

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.
Jose Bergamin

Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death.
Ernestine L. Rose

I'm not any kind of social reformer.
Charles Kuralt

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
William Dean Howells

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.
B. R. Ambedkar

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
Walter Lippmann

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.
Warren Christopher