As the power of profession and service system ascend, the legitimacy, authority, and capacity of citizens and communities descend. The citizen retreats. The client advances. – JOHN MCKNIGHT
We need to…not [focus] on control, but trust; not [seek] compliance, but engagement; not [be preoccupied] with external behavior, but moral development; not [impose] change on others, but on ourselves. – JOHN MCGEE
In the cause for humanity, we must all agree that All men are human beings All human beings are valuable. And all the rest is commentary – BURTON BLATT
Human service professionals with special expertise, techniques, and technology push out the problem-solving knowledge and action of friend, neighbor, citizen, and association. – JOHN MCKNIGHT
