Top 25 Quotes by Charles A. Reich of 30 - Page 2

To the American people of 1789, their nation promised a new way of life: each individual a free man; each having the right to seek his own happiness; a republican form of government in which the people would be

To the American people of 1789, their nation promised a new way of life: each individual a free man; each having the right to seek his own happiness; a republican form of government in which the people would be sovereign; and no arbitrary power over people's lives. Less than two hundred years later, almost every aspect of the dream has been lost.

Charles A. Reich

Dream, Men, Years

charles a. reich (1970). “the greening of america”

Organizations are not really "owned" by anyone. What formerly constituted ownership was split up into stockholders' rights to share in profits, management's power to set policy, employees' right to status and security, government's right to regulate. Thus older forms of wealth were replaced by new forms.

Charles A. Reich

Organization, Rights, Government

charles a. reich (1970). “the greening of america”

The machine itself has begun to do the work of revolution. The State is now generating forces that will accomplish what no revolutionaries could accomplish by themselves.

Charles A. Reich

Machines, Revolution, States

charles a. reich (1970). “the greening of america”