"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."
― John W. Gardner
Topic(s):
Freedom
More From John W. Gardner
- "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities – brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."
- "When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale."
- "Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."
More In Freedom
- "We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway."― Will Durant
- "Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly."― George Will
- "Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I’m so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time."― Tony Visconti