Money is power in American politics. It always has been. — William Greider American politics Copy Share Image
Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. — William Greider Americans Copy Share Image
Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100. — William Greider Born Copy Share Image
When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back. — William Greider Biting Copy Share Image
The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it. — William Greider Big government Copy Share Image
The problem of modern democracy is rooted in its neglect of unorganized people. — William Greider Democracy Copy Share Image
If everyone has to be a watchdog in order to make government work, then the foxes will also volunteer to serve. — William Greider Foxes Copy Share Image
In its present terms, the global system values property over human life. — William Greider Human life Copy Share Image
Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys. — William Greider Captives Copy Share Image
A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market… — William Greider Broads Copy Share Image
The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations. — William Greider Globalization Copy Share Image
Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages… — William Greider Diligent Copy Share Image
Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its… — William Greider Ability Copy Share Image
If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of… — William Greider Bottom Copy Share Image
As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure… — William Greider Bloody Copy Share Image
If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people. — William Greider Arsenal Copy Share Image
A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special… — William Greider Broker Copy Share Image
The trauma of 9/11 stimulated infinite possibilities for worry - some quite plausible, but most inspired by remote what-if fantasies. A society… — William Greider Agendas Copy Share Image
Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others. Everyone's sense of virtue is degraded by… — William Greider Character Copy Share Image
The scandalous question that hangs over modern government and excites perpetual outrage is about political money and what it buys. What exactly… — William Greider Contributors Copy Share Image
Everyone cares for disabled people, right? What they don't care for are genuine civil rights for disabled people. MARY JOHNSON tells the… — William Greider Bags Copy Share Image
Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned… — William Greider Behavior Copy Share Image
If there is a mystical chord in democracy, it probably revolves around the notion that unexpected music can resonate from politics when… — William Greider Chords Copy Share Image
Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What… — William Greider Atmosphere Copy Share Image
If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic… — William Greider Basic rights Copy Share Image
The great multinationals are unwilling to face the moral and economic contradictions of their own behavior - producing in low-wage dictatorships and… — William Greider Absence Copy Share Image
In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like. — William Greider About Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. — William Greider Believe Copy Share Image
The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. — William Greider Authority Copy Share Image
The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another. — William Greider Animal Copy Share Image
If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value. — William Greider Inflation Copy Share Image
In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job. — William Greider Average Copy Share Image
Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others. — William Greider Defined Copy Share Image
Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington. — William Greider Daily routines Copy Share Image
People know elections, like television commercials, are not real. — William Greider Democracy Copy Share Image
The do-it-yourself version of pensions is a flop, as many Americans have painfully learned. — William Greider Do it yourself Copy Share Image
In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but… — William Greider Banking Copy Share Image
Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to… — William Greider Advocate Copy Share Image
