All Robert Reich Quotes
- Humor itself is a great disinfectant. It enables people to listen. Disinfectant
- Britain's is traditionally a rigid class society. Britain
- I'm 40 years old. What I have seen my whole life is widening income inequality. Income
- If you give up on democracy, you might as well give up on everything. Democracy
- One thing I've learned from 35 years in the classroom is that people learn best when they are laughing, when they are emotionally hit, that… Best
- I have found over the years that the most important way of getting people to relax is self-deprecating humor. Deprecating
- I want a shot for people like me to grow up and do something with themselves. Grow
- I grew up poor. My mother raised a family of four on between $9,000 and $15,000 a year. Family
- I knew Hillary Clinton from undergraduate days and was enormously impressed with her. She was a terrific energy and enthusiasm, and a great organizer. And… Clinton
- Yale Law School was the kind of place you went if you felt you needed to go to law school, maybe, for your resume, but… Felt
- Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a lot of energy… Ambition
- The world of politics is divided between people who are introverts - who lose a little bit of energy out of each interaction they have… Bill
- To be a skilled politician, you have to be genuine. To really make it work, you have to love people. You have to love the… Adulation
- I don't think that our problem, our jobs problem, is fundamentally a problem of trade. I think it has much more to do with the… Adequate
- In journalism, there are only two stories - "Oh, the wonder of it," and "Oh, the shame of it." Journalism
- Bill Clinton was a great politician. Bill Clinton loved a fight. He was willing to fight. But he also wanted to be loved. He wanted… Admired
- If leadership is about anything, it's about leading. Not leading people back to where they already are, because they don't need that. They're already there. Inspirational
- I think that in politics, when people want to discredit a particular position, they say, "Oh, they are liberals," or "They are conservatives; we are… Centrist
- Cutting taxes is not bad. But if you cut taxes on the wealthy, which is what they wanted to do, you're not helping people who… Bad
- The presidency is probably the loneliest office in America. Regardless of your friends, regardless of how good your marriage is, regardless of anything, you are… Alone
- The Trans Pacific Partnership (and fast-track authority to whisk it through Congress without debate) is fast approaching. If you haven't seen our video about it,… Approaching
- True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. America
- Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy. Almost Inevitably
- The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. America
- Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods. Economic