All William Greider Quotes
- If there is a mystical chord in democracy, it probably revolves around the notion that unexpected music can resonate from politics when people are pursuing… Acts
- The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it. Abolishing
- In its present terms, the global system values property over human life. Global
- Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be… Afford
- The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. Authority
- Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington. Daily
- The quest for homeland security is heading ... toward the quasi-militarization of everyday life ... If danger might lurk anywhere, maybe everything must be protected… Anywhere
- If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people. Arsenal
- The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another. Animal
- The scandalous question that hangs over modern government and excites perpetual outrage is about political money and what it buys. What exactly do these contributors… Buys
- A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler. Act
- Money is power in American politics. It always has been. American
- Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned him the label… Alfonse
- Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its strongest exercise of… Ability
- Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others. Defined
- Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession. Already Squeezed
- Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. American
- Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100. Born
- If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value. Enhanced
- In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job. American