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...Wofford's strong commitment to his ideals are refreshing in an age of flip-flops, empty promises and fence sitting. But Wofford claims that he chafes under the "idealist" label...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kennedy School Class Day Speaker: U.S. Senator Harris L. Wofford | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

...idealist," Wofford says. "The nature of an ideal is that you don't achieve it in this world. I believe in following ideas where they lead, and they may lead into disappointment. I'm realistic about that...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kennedy School Class Day Speaker: U.S. Senator Harris L. Wofford | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

...Wofford, born April 1926, began his life in politics at 16, when he was a Congressional lobbyist...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kennedy School Class Day Speaker: U.S. Senator Harris L. Wofford | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

...Gandhi's followers challenged me, sometimes in the direct form of "Why have you never gone to jail against segregation laws?" Wofford says...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kennedy School Class Day Speaker: U.S. Senator Harris L. Wofford | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

...Wofford's nonviolence mantra won Martin Luther King Jr.'s support, and he arranged for the emerging civil rights leader to visit India to discuss civil disobedience tactics with Gandhi's followers...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kennedy School Class Day Speaker: U.S. Senator Harris L. Wofford | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

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