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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)

“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)

“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)

“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)