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 not its theories will hold water.
- John W. Gardner, 1912-2002, American educator, social activist
Image Source: TIME Magazine Cover, January, 1967
... John William Gardner, 54, the so-and-so once removed from Ribicoff (former Cleveland Mayor Anthony Celebrezze came in between), takes wry pleasure in recalling the bloodcurdling things he heard about his sprawling domain when he first took over in August 1965. Then he adds: "I think that people just don't say that any more." ... Click here to read the entire cover story, A Sense of What Should Be.
Here is John Gardner's Letter That Launched Common Cause - Common Cause
John W. Gardner and the Carnegie Corporation - Columbia University Libraries
John Gardner, Uncommon American - PBS
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