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Than Quotes by Robert Reich
- Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority,…
- More people are killed by stray bullets every day in America than have been killed by Ebola here. More are dying because of poverty and…
- America spends a fortune on drugs: more per person than any other nation on earth, even though Americans are no healthier than the citizens of…
- As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever.
- As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other assets. The income…
- Tax laws favor capital over labor, giving capital gains a lower rate than ordinary income. The rich get humongous mortgage interest deductions while renters get…
- If we want corporations to act differently, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and through penalties higher…
- Those at the top would do better with a smaller share of a booming economy that elicits a positive politics than they will do with…
- The Tea Party grew out of indignation over the Wall Street bailout - an indignation shared by the vast majority of Americans. But the Tea…
- When I was a small boy, I was bullied more than most, mainly because I was a foot shorter than everyone else.
- By the mid-1950s, more than a third of all America workers in the private sector were unionized. And the unions demanded and received a fair…
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle