Quotes by William Greider

William Greider

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.

Government

Jobs

Law

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.

Exercise

Government

War

Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does require is a spirit of mutual respect-people conversing critically with one another in an atmosphere of honesty and shared regard.

Honesty

People

Perfect

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

Captives

Democracy

Ideas

Efficiency obliterates identity

Efficiency

Identity

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.

Grace

New York

Punishment

If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human existence confined to the civilized societies that are wealthy enough to afford them? Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others.

Benefits

Done

Rights

If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value.

Inflation

Protected

Wealth

In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job.

Average

Jobs

Years

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

Humans

Life

Term

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Efficiency

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Grace

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Honesty

Humans

Ideas

Identity

Income

Inflation

Instruments

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Lag

Law

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Perfect

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Quotes by William Greider

William Greider

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.

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.

Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does require is a spirit of mutual respect-people conversing critically with one another in an atmosphere of honesty and shared regard.

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

Efficiency obliterates identity

If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value.

In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job.

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

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