John W. Gardner Quotes
If the modern leader doesn't know the facts, he is in grave trouble, but rarely do the facts provide unqualified guidance.
Gardner, John W. On Leadership. Free Press, 1990, p. 48.
When issues are complicated, trusting your instincts and intuition is very dangerous. There are so many variables that interact that you really have to analyze and think through all the possible options to avoid problematical unintended consequences and interactions.
The Central Intelligence Agency had a hand in the assassination having smuggled in the weapons. However, the government takeover plan did not go as expected and there was no clear alternative plan to go to.
He was referring to the fact that President Elect, Donald Trump, who argued against the findings of the CIA and the FBIK who in separate analyses had stated that Russia had hacked into the computers of the DemocraticNatonal Committee and released the private e-mails in the midst of the 2016 Presidential election. Trump, who had a track record of rejecting scientific and professional studies and research in favor of his own perception and intuation, was one of teh few leading politicans, computer security experts, and business leaders who opposed a Congressional investigation of the details.
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".
