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Definition of Reformer
Reformer

One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.

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Reformer Quotations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reformer Translations

reformer in French is reformeur
reformer in Spanish is reformador
reformer in Swedish is reformator


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