239 Quotes by Robert Reich

The only way to make sure no bank is too big to fail is to make sure no bank is too big.

Averages don't always reveal the most telling realities. You know, Shaquille O'Neal and I have an average height of 6 feet.

Too many young people graduate laden with debts that take years, if not decades, to pay off.

I'm all in favor of supporting fancy museums and elite schools, but face it: These aren't really charities as most people understand the term.

In the early 1970s, Milton Friedman argued that corporations should not be socially responsible because they had no mandate to be; they existed to make money, not to be charitable institutions. But in the economy of the 21st century, corporations cannot be socially responsible, if social responsibility is understood to mean sacrificing profits for the sake of some perceived social good. That's because competition has become so much more intense.

If you want to be a change agent, you have to ready to fail.

In truth, government has been good to Wall Street and big business.

Well-trained and dedicated employees are the only sustainable source of competitive strength.

It is hard to bite the hands that feed you, especially when you are competing for food.