Famous quotes containing the words religious and/or reform:
“And when religious sects ran mad,
He held, in spite of all his learning,
That if a mans belief is bad,
It will not be improved by burning.”
—Winthrop Mackworth Praed (18021839)
“There is no such thing as accomplishing a righteous reform by the use of expediency. There is no such thing as sliding up- hill. In morals the only sliders are backsliders.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)