When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the US. government is virtually up for sale.

Quote by John W Gardner

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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble...

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble...

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective...

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective...

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we...

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we...

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

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

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

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of...

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of...

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

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

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

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

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be right. We do not need...

Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be right. We do not need...

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth...

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...