People know elections, like television commercials, are not real. — William Greider Democracy 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
In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like. — William Greider About Copy Share Image
The brilliant creative core of capitalism ... is the story the entrepreneurs and capital investors tell themselves about the future. How they… — William Greider Accomplish 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
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
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
Creating a positive future begins in human conversation. The simplest and most powerful investment any member of a community or an organisation… — William Greider Answers 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
When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back. — William Greider Biting 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
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
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 Brokers 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
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 regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations. — William Greider Globalization 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
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
The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it. — William Greider Big government Copy Share Image
Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100. — William Greider Born Copy Share Image
Money is power in American politics. It always has been. — William Greider American politics Copy Share Image
Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington. — William Greider Daily routines Copy Share Image
