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  • Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down." Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down.

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    Dr. John W. Gardner (2015). “Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?”, p.12, Pickle Partners Publishing

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

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  • The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

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    Dr. John W. Gardner (2015). “Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?”, p.97, Pickle Partners Publishing
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John W. Gardner

  • Born: October 8, 1912
  • Died: February 16, 2002
  • Occupation: Author
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