"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are." ― John W. Gardner Topic(s): Society More From John W. Gardner "History never looks like history when you are living through it." "Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants." "When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale." More In Society "I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality."― Jermaine Jackson "The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth."― Malcolm Muggeridge "There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it."― Roland Barthes