118 Quotes by John W. Gardner

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."

Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs.

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.