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• 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 questions larger than self... I have seen that ennobling effect in people many, many times- expressed by those who found themselves engaged in genuine acts of democratic expression, who claimed their right to define the larger destiny of their community, their nations.

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  Peace, Destiny, Self

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

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  Life, Term, Humans

  William Greider (1998). “One World, Ready Or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism”, p.359, Simon and Schuster

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• Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

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  Gathering, Routine, News

  "All the King’s Media". www.thenation.com. November 3, 2005.

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• The quest for homeland security is heading ... toward the quasi-militarization of everyday life ... If danger might lurk anywhere, maybe everything must be protected and policed.

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  Everyday, Might, Quests

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• If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.

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  Thinking, People, World

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• The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

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  Animal, People, Way

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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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  Jobs, Government, Law

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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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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  New York, Punishment, Grace

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Half, Economic, Economy

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• Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100.

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  Children, Fifty, Today

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• The do-it-yourself version of pensions is a flop, as many Americans have painfully learned.

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  Do It Yourself, Pension, Versions

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

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  Jobs, Average, Years

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

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  Wealth, Inflation, Protected

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• The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.

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  Self, Dollars, Roles

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• 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.

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  Rights, Done, Benefits

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• Everyone cares for disabled people, right? What they don't care for are genuine civil rights for disabled people. MARY JOHNSON tells the tortuous, enraging story of how Congress enacted a law that instead of protecting against discrimination has turned 'the disabled' into a political punching bag.

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  Rights, Law, People

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

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  People, Democracy, Problem

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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• The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.

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  Class, Odor, Authority

  "All the King’s Media". www.thenation.com. November 3, 2005.

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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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  Acting, World, Ancient

  William Greider (1998). “One World, Ready Or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

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