If you want to train leaders you have to start early. If you want to keep kids out of prison you have to start early. But it isn't easily done. We have to conduct research, educate a wider public, mobilize citizen allies. We have to persuade diverse groups to work together -- schools, social agencies, the faith community, and all levels of government. Nothing could be more significant for ...

John W. Gardner is the quintessential American hero; a man who has transformed this nation through ideas and action that improved the lives of millions of Americans and shook up American politics.