reformer

Reformers understood that constructive societal evolution was the antidote to socialist revolution.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR|John Avlon|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
TR and FDR were both reformers in that sense - and they were both progressives.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR|John Avlon|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Immigration reformers like to say that the price of doing nothing to fix the system is high.
Why Obama Won't Act on Immigration|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Political groups such the American Federation for Children and Democrats for Education Reform need to protect reformers.
A Letter of Thanks to Michelle Rhee|Dmitri Mehlhorn|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The respectable reformers, meanwhile, know how rare a chance 2016 is to decisively shape our national affairs.
The GOP Flees to the Cleve|James Poulos|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
It was soon obvious that there were two distinct types of delegates: the eastern "conservatives" and the western "reformers."
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
There are the best and the worst—all who can pay the price: the reformers cheek by jowl with the mayor and the Boss, by Jove!
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
There are other countries in which it is simple without any magnificence, as among the reformers of Europe and in British America.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
No matter what the most successful reformers accomplish, there will be no high civilization here in our time—no background.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

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