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“So imagine somebody who has Donald's charisma, but first rate management skills... actually knows how to be an executive and get things done, how to prioritize, how to follow-up, how to select people and hold them accountable, and who doesn't believe you should be able to question what he does.”

David Cay Johnston

The Tyrant Next Time (November 7, 2019)

“We have to channel greed so that it becomes useful to our society.”

David Cay Johnston

The Tyrant Next Time (November 7, 2019)

“Corporations are good things. They encourage people to take risk. They're smart vehicles for building wealth, but they also have to be controlled. ...The reason is, they are soulless entities. A corporation has no morals and its purpose is to make money.”

David Cay Johnston

The Tyrant Next Time (November 7, 2019)

“We're all interdependent. Don't think about exploiting and mining other people because we're all interdependent.”

David Cay Johnston

The Tyrant Next Time (November 7, 2019)

“There are always people who want a tyrant. Democracy requires work if it's going to work.”

David Cay Johnston

The Tyrant Next Time (November 7, 2019)

“Governments throughout history have been run by tyrants.”

David Cay Johnston

The Tyrant Next Time (November 7, 2019)

David Cay Johnston Quotes

“A government that can't tax ...is no government at all.”

David Cay Johnston

The Tyrant Next Time (November 7, 2019)

“In modern language we think of "idiot" as someone who is stupid or a fool. That is not the classical meaning... An idiot is someone who cares only about himself and has no regard for anyone else, and that's terribly important when you think about tyrants. ...We think of tyrants as people who are horrible... oppressors. ...In its classic historic meaning, tyrant was simply someone who ceased power.”

David Cay Johnston

The Tyrant Next Time (November 7, 2019)

“Trump started a faux university named for himself that taught nothing of value and collapsed in scandal.”

David Cay Johnston

It's Even Worse Than You Think (2018)

“Revenge is the philosophy of dictators and mob bosses... used to keep others in line with threats of economic ruin, violence, or worse.”

David Cay Johnston

It's Even Worse Than You Think (2018)

“Citizenship is not something that you can outsource! ...We've got to do the work ourselves, and you've got to know, and you've got to talk to people.”

David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston, "It's Even Worse Than You Think" (Jan 27, 2018)

“Rather than building the economy for all of us, we are mining the bottom to benefit the top.”

David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston: The Perils Of Our Growing Inequality (Jun 1, 2014)

“America has been transformed from a land of growing economic plenty into a hollow shell.”

David Cay Johnston

The Fine Print (2013)

“Legislatures have rewritten basic business laws, some whose principles date back thousands of years. Too often the goal has been to thwart competition, artificially inflate prices, hold down wages by decimating unions, reduce worker benefits and... restrict or bar access to the courts by those aggrieved.”

David Cay Johnston

The Fine Print (2013)

“We live in a society where... presidents and candidates for president of both parties are always saying "God Bless America" and "This is the greatest ever" and they're not talking about the real facts of what's going on.”

David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston; How The One Percent Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (Jun 23, 2009)

“Whether you love or hate Ronald Reagan, he was a great leader. He really fundamentally changed America.”

David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston; How The One Percent Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (Jun 23, 2009)

“Conservatism means we take the things that we know work and we keep and maintain them. If you want to try something new... you're careful... you're cautious... you're skeptical of it.”

David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston; How The One Percent Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (Jun 23, 2009)

“I want to do things that are beyond the scope of the daily newspaper, as good as it is and as important as it is... beyond the scope of even a great newspaper like The New York Times.”

David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston; How The One Percent Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (Jun 23, 2009)

“There is a never-ending struggle against the need for the state to be strong enough to be functional and to have a civilized society, and at the same time, its desire to crush those who stand in the way.”

David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston; How The One Percent Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (Jun 23, 2009)

“Since the imperfect rules of the marketplace actually reward dangerous risk taking, the only thing that could prevent this lethal gamble is effective government regulation.”

David Cay Johnston

Free Lunch (2007)

“The impulse to increase profits can blind men to risk, especially when those at risk are strangers. Society imposes rules on corporate behavior to protect public safety in the face of baser impulses. These rules require enforcement...”

David Cay Johnston

Free Lunch (2007)

“To the addicted, money is like cocaine: Too much is never enough.”

David Cay Johnston

Free Lunch (2007)

“Taxes are at the core of our democracy.”

David Cay Johnston

Perfectly Legal (2005)

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