We Need More Than Individual Value Systems;

The [nonprofit] Sector Enhances Our Creativity, Enlivens Our Communities, Nurtures Individual Responsibility, Stirs Life At The Grassroots, And Reminds Us That We Were Born Free.

Some People Seem To Believe That For Each Problem There Is A Solution Readily Available - A Solution That Can Be Promptly Achieved By Passing A Law And Voting Some Money. I Think Of This As The Vending Machine Concept Of Social Change. Put A Coin In The Machine And Out Comes A Piece Of Candy. If There Is A Social Problem, Pass A Law And Out Comes A Solution.

We Have To Face The Fact That Most Men And Women Out There Are More Stale Than They Know, More Bored Than They Care To Admit.

We Need More Than Individual Value Systems; We Need A Shared Vision. A Nation Is Held Together By Shared Values, Shared Beliefs, Shared Attitudes. That Is What Enables A People To Maintain A Cohesive Society Despite The Tensions Of Daily Life. That Is What Enables Them To Rise Above The Conflicts That Plague Any Society.

It Is Not Easy To Be Crafty And Winsome At The Same Time, And Few Accomplish It After The Age Of Six.