John W. Gardner Quotes
I see a society learning new ways as a baby learns to walk. He stands up, falls, stands again, falls and bumps his nose, cries, and tries again—and eventually walks. Some of the critics now sounding off about the Great Society would stop the baby after his first fall and say, "That'll teach you. Stick to crawling.
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John W. Gardner, U. S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Chairman, Common Cause, Letter to Harry Middleton
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John William Gardner was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) under President Lyndon Johnson. He was a strong advocate for citizen participation who founded Common Cause and became known as "the father of campaign finance reform".