“In college, I was always disappointed by lectures that covered social problems but failed to identify what I could do to change them. Part of the problem was that many professors simply didn't believe they had a role in converting awareness to action.” BelieveProblemActionSocialRolesAwarenessCollegeCoveredDisappointedProfessorsLecturesConvertingSocial Problems Author:Ben Rattray
“If you wanted to create jobs in a way that has minimal effect on the deficit but has government action, the two best things you could do are the infrastructure bank and a simple SBA-like loan guarantee for all building retrofits, where the contractor or the energy-service company guarantees the savings. So that allows the bank to loan money to let a school or a college or a hospital or a museum or a commercial building unencumbered by debt to loan it on terms that are longer, so you can pay it back only from your utility savings. You could create a million jobs doing that.” IfsWayTwoGovernmentActionWantedSchoolJobsEnergyTermSimplePayCompanyMillionsEffectsBuildingCollegeDebtSavingBest ThingsGuaranteesHospitalsMuseumsInfrastructureDeficitLoanUtilitySavingsContractor Author:William J. Clinton
“Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences--a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.” WritingHas BeensActionLostPayCuttingStudentsCollegeConsequenceLettersIraqAidsEnormousLoved OnesEmailConstituents Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“In the 17 years since I graduated from this great College of Law, I have seen that, for many of us, it becomes increasingly easy to rationalize our actions in the name of expediency when facing difficult decisions-to choose a path where the ends justify the means. I want to ask you to challenge Machiavelli's philosophy. I want to humbly suggest that you be the guardians of a more complicated truth: that the means are as important-and sometimes even more important-than the ends.” WantYearsMeanImportantEndsSometimesPhilosophyActionLawAsksNamesEasyDifficultChallengesDecisionPathCollegeComplicatedJustifyGuardianOur ActionsRationalizeExpediencyDifficult DecisionsEnds Justify The Means Author:Beau Biden
“A young professor I watched in action at one of our large eastern colleges used to stand with his back to the class and mumble explanations of blackboard problems. He was "let out" at the end of two years because students refused to attend his classes. He was given an evasive reason for his dismissal and he left with justifiable bitterness toward the administration. If someone had told him the truth he could have avoided this denouement. Sometimes professors go on for years without any conception of remediable faults which irritate their listeners.” IfsYearsTwoEndsSometimesReasonProblemActionYoungUsedLeftGivenClassStudentsCollegeGoes OnFaultsAdministrationExplanationTwo YearsConceptionBitternessProfessorsListenersEasternAvoidedAcademiaBlackboardDismissalDenouement Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“When all is said and done, more is said than done.” SaidDoneMotivationalActionFootballCollegeNflEnglish LanguageFablesSaid And DoneFunny ProcrastinationMisfortunes Of OthersNotre Dame FootballFine Feathers Author:Lou Holtz
“I know that everybody who supported Bernie Sanders supported him because they believe that college debt is too high. They believe that the minimum wage needs to be increased. They believe that we have to take on climate action.” KnowsNeedsBelieveActionCollegeClimateDebtMinimumMinimum WageClimate Action Author:Keith Ellison