The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. Its equality of opportunity. Theres a fundamental difference. – Robert Reich
Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority, not only in the Arab world but all over the world. – Robert Reich
True patriotism isnt cheap. Its about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. – Robert Reich
The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. Its the party of non-voters. – Robert Reich
Each one of us is alone in the world… We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, 1919