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True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.
Robert Reich
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Robert Reich
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 24
Economist
Former United States Secretary Of Labor
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University Teacher
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Robert Bernard Reich
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Corporations are not people, despite what the Supreme Court says, and they don't need or deserve handouts.
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When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.
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The Democratic Party is DEAD.
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Yale Law School was the kind of place you went if you felt you needed to go to law school, maybe, for your resume, but you really didn't want to practice law. You wanted to do public policy, or maybe go into politics.
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You`ve got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There`s no countervailing power.
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I knew Hillary Clinton from undergraduate days and was enormously impressed with her. She was a terrific energy and enthusiasm, and a great organizer. And I knew that she was going to have a political future.
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