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Quotes by John W. Gardner
John W. Gardner (1912-2002) was a distinguished American educator, author, and public servant whose contributions spanned various fields, including education, nonprofit leadership, and government. Born in Los Angeles, he earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University and served as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Gardner was a passionate advocate for civic engagement and personal responsibility, founding organizations like Common Cause, which aimed to enhance citizen participation in democracy. His profound insights continue to inspire generations, emphasizing the power of individual action in societal change.
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"Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage."
John W. Gardner"One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure."
John W. Gardner"It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government."
John W. Gardner
"When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale."
John W. Gardner"If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are."
John W. Gardner
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."
John W. Gardner
"Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants."
John W. Gardner"The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else."
John W. Gardner