Unless you have a sense of values that's shared by people and turns t… — Alan Cranston

Unless you have a sense of values that's shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things on their own within those sets of values, the organization, whether a nation or corporation or citizen group, just doesn't work very well.

Alan CranstonPolitician · American · 1914 – 2000

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Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. — Thomas Carlyle
In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there. — John F. Kennedy
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. — Mark Twain
I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done. — Alan Cranston
The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events, having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days. — Alan Cranston
I don't think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didn't achieve that much even at that time. You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world. — Alan Cranston