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Reformation Quotes

You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation.

Richard Baxter, William Brown (M.D.), Daniel Wilson (1829). “The Reformed Pastor by R. Baxter”, p.160

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

John Nelson Darby (2015). “Collected Writings by John Nelson Darby Volume Fourteen: Ecclesiastical”, p.106, Irving Risch

Many are friends to the success of reformation, not to reformation.

Samuel Rutherford (1845). “The Trial and Triumph of Faith”, p.8

Reform, that we may preserve.

Debate on the First Reform Bill, March 2, 1831.

To innovate is not to reform.

A Letter to a Noble Lord (1796)

Every reformation ruins somebody.

Amelia B. Edwards (1865). “Half a Million of Money”, p.241

The Reformation was cradled in the printing-press, and established by no other instrument.

Agnes Strickland (1853). “Memoirs of the Queens of Henry VIII., and His Mother, Elizabeth of York”, p.8

All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.

Hannah More (1803). “The Works of Hannah More, in Four Volumes: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published”, p.279

The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it.

Reza Aslan (2008). “No God But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam”, p.266, Random House

A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841). “Essays; with preface by Thomas Carlyle”, p.29

And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation.

Julius Wellhausen (2013). “Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article 'Israel' from the Encyclopaedia Britannica”, p.48, Cambridge University Press

But 'tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation.

'The Prologue at Oxford, 1680'; prologue to Nathaniel Lee 'Sophonisba' (2nd ed., 1681)

Evils we have had continually calling for reformation, and reformations more grievous than any evils.

Edmund Burke (1858). “The Inherent Evils of All State Governments Demonstrated: Being a Reprint of [his] Essay, "A Vindication of Natural Society": with Notes and an Appendix”, p.35