hoped vs are hoped

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anhnha

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While many nineteenth-century reformers hoped to bring about reform through education or by eliminating specific social evils, some thinkers wanted to start over and remake society by founding ideal, cooperative communities.

I think that we need use "are hoped" instead of "hoped" in above sentence because it has passive meaning?
Is this right?


 
No. It's active. The reformers hoped to do something.
 
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