Top 121 Quotes by Robert Reich

About Robert Reich

These are some quotes by American author Robert Reich Economist, who was born on June 24, 1946.

What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect, they're private schools, whose tuition is hidden away in the purchase price of upscale homes there, and in the corresponding property taxes.

Robert Reich

No company can be expected to build a nuclear reactor, an oil well, a coal mine, or anything else that's one hundred percent safe under all circumstances. The costs would be prohibitive. It's unreasonable to expect corporations to totally guard against small chances of every potential accident.

Robert Reich

As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever.

As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever.

Robert Reich

In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them. That was where he lost his life.

In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them. That was where he lost his life.

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In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign of trouble.

In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign of trouble.

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Our young people - their capacities to think, understand, investigate, and innovate - are America's future.

Our young people - their capacities to think, understand, investigate, and innovate - are America's future.

Robert Reich

Even if there's no way to stop U.S. corporations from shedding their U.S. identities and becoming foreign corporations, there's no reason they should retain the privileges of U.S. citizenship.

Even if there's no way to stop U.S. corporations from shedding their U.S. identities and becoming foreign corporations, there's no reason they should retain the privileges of U.S. citizenship.

Robert Reich

The only way back toward a democracy and economy that work for the majority is for most of us to get politically active once again, becoming organized and mobilized.

The only way back toward a democracy and economy that work for the majority is for most of us to get politically active once again, becoming organized and mobilized.

Robert Reich

Universities have to tame their budgets, especially for student amenities that have nothing to do with education.

Universities have to tame their budgets, especially for student amenities that have nothing to do with education.

Robert Reich

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 from these assets is now concentrating even faster than income from work.

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