William Greider Quotes

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In its present terms, the global system values property over human life.

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Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others.

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The rich nations of the world are acting like ancient usurers, lending money to the desperate poor on terms that cannot possibly be met and, thus, steadily acquiring more and more control over the lives and assets of the poor.

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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 get in return for the hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars they funnel to the politicians?

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Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own.

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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 "Senator Sleaze." D'Amato explained their reluctance as he defended his own behavior. "There but for the grace of God go most of my colleagues," he said.

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If everyone has to be a watchdog in order to make government work, then the foxes will also volunteer to serve.

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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.

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Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.

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People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.

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The problem of modern democracy is rooted in its neglect of unorganized people.

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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 authority over private citizens and their institutions.

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