Quotes by Robert Reich

“A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.”

“Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together.”

“Were going to have to have a massive program to get these people permanent housing, ideally near or in their former communities, to get them jobs, to help restart businesses and to provide transportation,”

“He is a little man, slightly stooped, balding, large nose, wide lips, wry smile. He wears thick glasses, ... Locked in the Cabinet.”

“How did a shy little Jewish guy like you get to be the most powerful man in America?”

“Almost a third of these people were below the poverty line, ... would have to include a broad-based plan to revive business, industries and jobs.”

“It turns out that the labor market is far more flexible than anyone assumed,”

“Employers have to understand that if they want to attract and keep good people, theyve got to treat those people as whole people who have lives outside work,”

“It is harder to achieve a balanced life in the year 2001 than it was in the year 1991, ... Ten years of a very solid economy and good economic growth have also created an economy that is more stressful.”

“The Future of Success”

“Bill Bradley wants to get democracy back for the American people. There has never been any question about his integrity or trustworthiness.”

“The need is there, obviously, ... Baby Boomers are facing retirement in 15 years. We have to encourage savings.”

“This economy is still vigorous,”

“I dont believe that it will make any difference whether its President George W. Bush or President Al Gore, ... The executive branch is a bit player in this economy.”

“I do think were in a new era now in which job growth will remain sluggish for quite some time,”

“All the signs are that they are going to split off,”

“That is what the system rewards.”

“is designed for the working poor and the poor. If we are not happy about the results, then the real question we ought to be asking ourselves is whether we should be changing the rules. Wal-Mart is an invitation to have that debate.”

“A lot of attention has been going to social values -- abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues -- but economic values are equally important.”

“The most important community for an individual will not necessarily be a company but a looser community of people with similar skills and social connections. Continually building up those skills and connections is what a career is today.”